Items | Mean (SD) | Percentage agreeing or strongly agreeing |
Necessity scale 1. My health, at present, depends on my medicines. 2. My life would be impossible without my medicines. 3. Without my medicines I would become very ill. 4. My health in the future will depend on my medicines. 5. My medicines protect me from becoming worse. Sum |
4.82 (0.83) 3.94 (0.642) 4.39 (0.78) 4.24 (0.56) 4.31 (0.94) 21.7 (2.3) |
92.3 79.8 90.4 86.8 88.7 87.6 |
Concerns scale 1. Having to take medicines worries me. 2. I sometimes worry about the long-term effects of my medicines. 3. My medicines are a mystery to me. 4. My medicines disrupt my life. 5. I sometimes worry about becoming too dependent on my medicines. Sum |
2.74 (1.24) 3.71 (0.96) 1.36 (0.88) 3.18 (0.64) 4.20 (1.27) 15.2 (3.1) |
42.1 46.4 23.7 40.8 57.9 42.18 |