Table 3.

Item scores of adherence to iron supplementation.

No	Item	Mean	SD
1	I take iron supplements regularly every day	3.35	0.87
2	I take iron supplements at night	2.81	1.09
3	I do not take iron supplements close to drinking tea	2.25	1.78
4	I take iron supplements with orange juice or vitamin C drinks to lower nausea	0.72	1.18

Note: Range 0–4; SD: standard deviation.