Table 2.

Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS) questionnaire (N = 113 non-adherent participants)

No	The MARS question	Frequency of responses indicating non-adherence (%)
		N	(%)
1	Do you ever forget to take your medication?	80	72.1
2	Are you careless at time about taking your medication?	57	51.4
3	When you feel better, do you sometimes stop taking your medication?	40	36.0
4	Sometimes if you feel worse when you take the medication, do you stop taking it?	33	29.7
5	I take medication only when I am sick	39	35.1
6	It is unnatural for my mind and body to be controlled by medication	62	55.9
7	My thoughts are clear on medication	31	27.9
8	By staying on medication, I can prevent getting sick	33	29.7
9	I feel weird, like a “zombie” on medication	45	40.5
10	Medication makes me feel tired and sluggish	43	38.7