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. 2020 Mar 20;27(3):317–324. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izaa056

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