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Table 2 Self-reported medication adherence behavior of study participants as determined by the Morisky 8-Item Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8 © )

From: Influence of patients’ disease knowledge and beliefs about medicines on medication adherence: findings from a cross-sectional survey among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Palestine

Item

Number (%) of patients who answered yes

Do you sometimes forget to take your [health concern] pills?

154 (38.0%)

People sometimes miss taking their medications for reasons other than forgetting. Thinking over the past two weeks, were there any days when you did not take your [health concern] medicine?

97 (24.0%)

Have you ever cut back or stopped taking your medication without telling your doctor, because you felt worse when you took it?

69 (17.0%)

When you travel or leave home, do you sometimes forget to bring along your [health concern] medication?

134 (33.1%)

Did you take your [health concern] medicine yesterday?

370 (91.4%)

When you feel like your [health concern] is under control, do you sometimes stop taking your medicine?

69 (17.0%)

Taking medication everyday is a real inconvenience for some people. Do you ever feel hassled about sticking to your [health concern] treatment plan?

140 (34.6%)

How often do you have difficulty remembering to take all of your medicine?

 

  Never/rarely

125 (30.9%)

  Once in a while

174 (43%)

  Sometimes

86 (21.2%)

  Usually

14 (3.5%)

All the time

6 (1.5%)