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%) |