Table 3 SEAMS responses on non-adherence to medications (N = 21,451).
Questions | Options | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
How confident are you that you can take your medicines correctly? | |||
Q1: When you take several different medicines each day | Not confident | 541 | 2.5 |
Somewhat confident | 5093 | 23.7 | |
Very confident | 15,817 | 73.7 | |
Q2: When you take medicines more than once a day | Not confident | 1249 | 5.8 |
Somewhat confident | 6869 | 32.0 | |
Very confident | 13,333 | 62.1 | |
Q3: When you are away from home | Not confident | 3816 | 17.8 |
Somewhat confident | 6535 | 30.5 | |
Very confident | 11,100 | 51.8 | |
Q4: When you have a busy day planned | Not confident | 5630 | 26.2 |
Somewhat confident | 6511 | 30.3 | |
Very confident | 9310 | 43.4 | |
Q5: When they cause some side effects | Not confident | 13,882 | 64.7 |
Somewhat confident | 4120 | 19.2 | |
Very confident | 3449 | 16.1 | |
Q6: When no one reminds you to take the medicine | Not confident | 8167 | 38.1 |
Somewhat confident | 6078 | 28.3 | |
Very confident | 7206 | 33.6 | |
Q7: When the schedule to take the medicine is not convenient | Not confident | 5376 | 25.1 |
Somewhat confident | 6989 | 32.6 | |
Very confident | 9086 | 42.4 | |
Q8: When your normal routine gets messed up | Not confident | 10,481 | 48.9 |
Somewhat | 2188 | 10.2 | |
Very confident | 8782 | 40.9 | |
Q9: When you are not sure how to take the medicine | Not confident | 13,637 | 63.6 |
Somewhat confident | 4529 | 21.1 | |
Very confident | 3285 | 15.3 | |
Q10: When you are not sure what time of the day to take your medicine | Not confident | 8680 | 40.5 |
Somewhat confident | 6209 | 28.9 | |
Very confident | 6562 | 30.6 | |
Q11: When you are feeling sick (you know, like having a cold or the flu) | Not confident | 9617 | 44.9 |
Somewhat confident | 3073 | 14.3 | |
Very confident | 8761 | 40.8 | |
Q12: When you get a refill of your old medicines and some of the pills look different than usual | Not confident | 12,825 | 59.8 |
Somewhat confident | 5442 | 25.4 | |
Very confident | 3184 | 14.8 | |
Q13: When a doctor changes your medicines | Not confident | 1630 | 7.6 |
Somewhat | 7145 | 33.3 | |
Very confident | 12,676 | 59.1 | |
Mean SEAMS score for non-adherence to medication (SD) | 26.79 (7.44) | ||
Pills count non-adherence to medication | < 80% adherence on pills count | 12,949 | 60.3 |
