Table 3.

Top five reasons for non-adherence—medication adherence study, Anuradhapura 2017

No.	SPC (n = 50) Reason and mean (SD)		THA (n = 50) Reason and mean (SD)		BHT (n = 50) Reason and mean (SD)		DHK (n = 50) Reason and mean (SD)
01	Forgetfulness	1.4 (1.3)	Being away from home	1.4 (1.2)	Forgetfulness	1.0 (1.1)	Forgetfulness	1.5 (1.3)
02	Being away from home	1.2 (1.2)	Forgetfulness	1.3 (1.2)	Being away from home	0.8 (1.1)	Being away from home	0.8 (1.2)
03	Running out of medications	0.9 (1.2)	Willingness to avoid side effects	0.6 (1.2)	Complex drug regime	0.6 (1.1)	Complex drug regime	0.3 (0.8)
04	Complex drug regime	0.4 (1.0)	Complex drug regime	0.4 (0.9)	Willingness to avoid side effects	0.4 (0.9)	Felt depressed or broken	0.3 (0.7)
05	Willingness to avoid side effects	0.4 (0.9)	Felt depressed or broken	0.2 (0.7)	Felt well	0.2 (0.7)	Too expensive medications	0.3 (0.8)
05			Felt well	0.2 (0.8)	Too expensive medications	0.2 (0.8)

THA Teaching Hospital Anuradhapura, BHT Base Hospital Thambuttegama, DHK Divisional Hospital Kekirawa, SD standard deviation