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1)Doyoueverforgettotakeyourmedicine? 1)Doyousometimesforgettotakeyourpills?
2)Areyoucarelessattimesabouttakingyour 2)Peoplesometimesmisstakingtheirmedications
medicine? forreasonsotherthanforgetting.Thinkingoverthe
pasttwoweeks,werethereanydayswhenyoudid
nottakeyourmedicine?
3)Sometimesifyoufeelworsewhenyoutakethe 3)Haveyouevercutbackorstoppedtakingyour
medicine,doyoustoptakingit? medicinewithouttellingyourdoctorbecauseyoufelt
worsewhenyoutookit?
4)Whenyoutravelorleavehome,doyousometimes
forgettobringalongyourmedicine?
5)Didyoutakeallyourmedicineyesterday?
4)Whenyoufeelbetterdoyousometimesstop 6)Whenyoufeellikeyoursymptomsareunder
takingyourmedicine? control,doyousometimesstoptakingyour
medicine?
7)Takingmedicineeverydayisarealinconvenience
forsomepeople.Doyoueverfeelhassledabout
stickingtoyourtreatmentplan?
8)Howoftendoyouhavedifficultyrememberingto
takeallyourmedicine?
___A.Never/rarely
___B.Onceinawhile
___C.Sometimes
___D.Usually
___E.Allthetime
Morisky DE, Green LW, Levine DM. Concurrent and predictive validity of a self-reported measure of
medication adherence. Med Care. 1986;24:6774.