TABLE 4.

Sub‐Saharan African studies of patients' self‐reported adherence to anticoagulation

Study	Setting, sample	Adherence measure	Outcome
Chalachew29	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019 Children and young adults (11‐25 yr) with prosthetic valves on anticoagulation at a teaching hospital	Not reported	30/73 (41%) reported perfect adherence, 34/73 (47%) missed 1‐2 doses per week. 9/73 (12%) missed >2 doses per week Most common reasons were forgetfulness (30%) and unavailability of warfarin (23%) Association between adherence and INR control not reported
Mariita115	Nairobi, Kenya, 2015 Consecutive sample at cardiac, cardiothoracic and haemato‐oncology clinics of a teaching hospital	MMAS‐8117 High adherence if score = 8, moderate adherence if score 6 or 7, low adherence if score <5	77/147 (52%) high adherence, 53/147 (36%) moderate adherence, 17/147 (12%) low adherence Association between adherence and INR control not reported
Iqbal118	Nairobi, Kenya, 2017 Convenience sample at cardiac, cardiothoracic haemato‐oncology and DVT clinics of a teaching hospital	MMAS‐8117 High adherence if score = 8, moderate adherence if score 6 or 7, low adherence if score <5	13/45 (29%) high adherence, 32/45 (71%) low adherence Association between adherence and INR control not reported
Eltayeb119	Khartoum, Sudan, 2017 Convenience sample at cardiothoracic clinic of a teaching hospital	Four‐item MMAS120 Considered adherent if score = 0, nonadherent if score >0	5/93 (5.4%) adherent Association between adherence and INR control not reported

INR, international normalised ratio; MMAS‐8, eight‐item Morisky medication adherence scale.