Table 1.

The MMAS-8 questionnaire.

	Tablet LT4 (161 pz)	Liquid LT4 (159 pz)	p
	YES/NO	YES/NO
1. Do you sometimes forget to take your [health concern] medication(s)?	104/57	55/104	<0.001
2. People sometimes miss taking their medications for reasons other than forgetting. Thinking over the past 2 weeks, were there any days when you did not take your [health concern] medication(s)?	3/158	4/155	0.722
3. Have you ever cut back or stopped taking your medication(s) without telling your doctor, because you felt worse when you took it?	5/156	2/157	0.448
4. When you travel or leave home, do you sometimes forget to bring along your [health concern] medication(s)?	14/147	20/139	0.281
5. Did you take your [health concern] medication(s) yesterday?	160/1	159/0	0.999
6. When you feel like your [health concern] is under control, do you sometimes stop taking your medication(s)?	3/158	4/155	0.498
7. Taking medication(s) every day is a real inconvenience for some people. Do you ever feel hassled about sticking to your [health concern] treatment plan?	116/45	63/96	<0.001
8. How often do you have difficulty remembering to take all your medication(s)?			<0.001
Never/rarely (4)	0.0%	0.3%
Once in a while (3)	0.0%	0.3%
Sometimes (2)	3.4%	2.8%
Usually (1)	23.4%	7.1%
All the time (0)	38.6%	24.1%