TABLE 1.

MARS-5.

Item	Always	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
“I forget to take them”	1	2	3	4	5
“I alter the dose”	1	2	3	4	5
“I stop taking them for a while”	1	2	3	4	5
“I decide to miss out a dose”	1	2	3	4	5
“I take less than instructed”	1	2	3	4	5

The MARS-5 score was calculated by summing the numeric score (range 1-5) from each question for out of 25 (range 5-25). A higher score indicates better adherence