Table 2.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic situation on the adherence behaviour.
| Reason | Frequency | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 Impacted Adherence | Yes 67 (14.1%) |
Improved 39 (58.2%) |
Awareness of health status | 23 | 59.0 |
| Improve health status for fear of COVID-19 | 14 | 35.9 | |||
| More time for personal care | 8 | 20.5 | |||
| Feeling more able to take care of self | 6 | 15.4 | |||
| Support from family, neighbours, or friends | 5 | 12.8 | |||
| Declined 28 (41.8%) |
Lack of support from family, neighbours, or friends | 11 | 39.3 | ||
| Avoid taking the medications | 6 | 21.4 | |||
| Fear of leaving home | 4 | 14.3 | |||
| Feeling less able to take care of self | 2 | 7.1 | |||
| Fear of going to the pharmacy | 1 | 3.6 | |||
| Impossibility of moving by own means | 1 | 3.6 | |||
| Afraid of secondary effects | 1 | 3.6 | |||
| Economic reasons | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| No 358 (75.2%) |
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| Indifferent 51 (10.7%) |
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