Table 3.
Responses to the Test of Adherence to the Inhaler bronchodilator questionnaire (TAI)11
| Question | Answer options | Always | More than half | About half | Less than half | None | Score* |
| Q1. During the last 7 days, how many times did you forget to take your usual IB? | On-label (n=101) |
1 (1%) | 4 (4%) | 5 (4.9%) | 75 (74.2%) | 16 (15.8%) | 4 |
| Off-label (n=56) |
1 (1.8%) | 2 (3.6%) | 3 (5.3%) | 40 (71.4%) | 10 (17.8%) | 4 | |
| Question | Answer options | Always | Sometimes | Almost always | Almost never | Never | |
| Q2. Do you forget to take your IB? | On-label (n=101) |
4 (4%) | 0 | 0 | 60 (59.4%) | 37 (36.6%) | 4 |
| Off-label (n=56) |
0 | 0 | 3 (5.3%) | 41 (73.2%) | 12 (21.4%) | 4 | |
| Q3. When you feel good about your illness, do you stop taking your IB? | On-label (n=101) |
2 (2%) | 0 | 4 (4%) | 72 (71.3%) | 23 (22.8%) | 4 |
| Off-label (n=56) |
2 (3.6%) | 0 | 3 (5.3%) | 38 (68%) | 13 (23.2%) | 4 | |
| Q4. When you are on vacation or on weekends, do you stop taking your IB? | On-label (n=101) |
2 (2%) | 0 | 1 (1%) | 81 (81%) | 17 (16.8%) | 4 |
| Off-label (n=56) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 43 (76.8%) | 13 (23.2%) | 4 | |
| Q5. When you are nervous or sad, do you stop taking your IB? | On-label (n=101) |
2 (2%) | 0 | 0 | 83 (82.8%) | 16 (15.8%) | 4 |
| Off-label (n=56) |
0 | 2 (3.6%) | 0 | 44 (78.6%) | 10 (17.8%) | 4 | |
| Q6. Do you stop taking your IB because of fear of side effects? | On-label (n=101) |
2 (2%) | 1 (1%) | 0 | 85 (84.2%) | 13 (12.9%) | 4 |
| Off-label (n=56) |
2 (3.6%) | 0 | 0 | 44 (78.6%) | 10 (17.9%) | 4 | |
| Q7. Do you stop taking your IB because you consider it is useless to treat your condition? | On-label (n=101) |
3 (3%) | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 73 (72.3%) | 23 (22.7%) | 4 |
| Off-label (n=56) |
4 (7.1%) | 0 | 0 | 41 (73.2%) | 11 (19.6%) | 4 | |
| Q8. Do you take fewer inhalations than those prescribed by your doctor? | On-label (n=101) |
6 (5.9%) | 0 | 0 | 85 (84.2%) | 10 (9.9%) | 4 |
| Off-label (n=56) |
2 (3.6%) | 0 | 0 | 43 (76.8%) | 11 (19.6%) | 4 | |
| Q9. Do you stop taking your IB because you believe it interferes with your everyday or working life? | On-label (n=101) |
4 (4%) | 0 | 3 (3%) | 84 (83.2%) | 10 (9.9%) | 4 |
| Off-label (n=56) |
2 (3.6%) | 0 | 0 | 48 (85.7%) | 6 (10.7%) | 4 | |
| Q10. Do you stop taking your IB because you have difficulties paying for it? | On-label (n=101) |
10 (9.9%) | 2 (2%) | 2 (2%) | 66 (65.3%) | 21 (20.8%) | 4 |
| Off-label (n=56) |
8 (14.3%) | 0 | 0 | 37 (66.1%) | 11 (19.6%) | 4 | |
| Total score† | On-label | 40 | |||||
| Off-label | 40 |
*Always, 1 point; More than half/sometimes, 2 points; About half/almost always, 3 points; Less than half/almost never, 4 points; None/never, 5 points.
†Levels of adherence: high (50 points); intermediate (46–49 points); low (<46 points).
IB, inhaled bronchodilator.