Table 2.

Self-reported experience of Adverse Drug Events (ADEs).

Outcome	Frequency (%)a
Patients’ self-reported experience of ADEs
Yes	1168 (37.1)
No	1980 (62.9)
Main outcome of most serious ADE (for those who answered yes on question 1)
Mild reaction, No change in therapy	219 (18.7)
Reaction required dose reduction	211 (18.1)
Reaction required change of therapy	492 (42.1)
Reaction required treatment	44 (3.8)
Reaction required hospitalization	59 (5.1)
Reaction resulted in a long term complication	18 (1.5)
Missing answer	125 (10.7)
Informing the physician when ADEs occur (for those who answered yes on question 1)
Yes	824 (70.55)
No	344 (29.45)
Reason for not informing the physician about ADEs (for those who answered No on question 2)
Mild reaction, no need to inform physician	167 (48.55)
Unable to reach the physician	59 (17.15)
Physician did not inform patient to report in case of ADR	55 (15.99)
Physician not usually welcoming to discuss patient’s concerns	51 (14.82)

^aSometimes the cumulative percentages may not reach 100% due to missing values. When missing values are less than 10%, they were not reported explicitly.