TABLE 2.

Reliability test of MARS-4 (n = 119).

MARS-4 item	CITC	Cronbach’s ⍺ if item deleted	Cronbach’s ⍺
1. I forget to (give my child to) take these IBD medicines	0.54	0.70	0.75
2. I alter the dose of these IBD medicines (of my child)	0.41	0.76
3. I stop (my child) taking these IBD medicines for a while	0.60	0.64
4. I decide to (let my child) miss out on a dose	0.67	0.60

MARS, Medication adherence report scale; CITC, Corrected Item—Total correlation.