Table 5.
Percentages of 8-MMMAS answers and adherence scores.
| Question | Yes (%) | No (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1- Do you sometimes forget to take your pills? | 30.5 | 69.5 | ||
| 2- People sometimes miss taking their medication for reasons other than forgetting. Thinking over the past two weeks, were there any days when you did not take your medicine? | 16.7 | 83.3 | ||
| 3- Have you ever cut back or stopped taking your medication without telling your doctor, because you felt worse when you took it? | 11 | 89 | ||
| 4- When you travel or leave home, do you sometimes forget to bring along your medication? | 23.8 | 76.2 | ||
| 5- Did you take your medication yesterday? | 91.4 | 8.6 | ||
| 6- When you feel like your disease is under control, do you sometimes stop taking your medicine? | 11 | 89 | ||
| 7- Taking medication every day is a real inconvenience for some people. Do you ever feel hassled about sticking to your treatment plan? | 12.9 | 87.1 | ||
| Sometimes/often/always | Never/rarely | |||
| 8- How often do you have difficulty remembering to take all of your medication? | 26.2 | 73.8 | ||
| Mean | SD | Median | Range (min–max) | |
| 8-MMMAS Score | 6.595 | 2.005 | 8 | 0–8 |
| High adherence (=8) | Medium adherence (6–7) | Low adherence (0–5) | ||
| 8-MMMAS Classes (%) | 50.5 | 27.1 | 22.4 | |
| Adherent | Nonadherent | |||
| Dichotomous 8-MMMAS (%) | 77.6 | 22.4 | ||
8-MMMAS = 8-items modified Morisky medication adherence scale; SD = standard deviation.