Research Article
Medication Belief and Adherence among Patients with Epilepsy
Table 4
Adherence to AEDs and reasons for nonadherence (
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| Characteristics | Number (%) |
| Medication adherence | | Adherent | 101 (34.6) | Nonadherent | 191 (65.4) | Reasons for nonadherence | | Forgetfulness | 93 (48.7) | Inability to get medicine | 49 (25.7) | Safety concern | 49 (25.7) | Cost | 41 (21.5) | Ran out of pills | 23 (12) | Lack of hope | 16 (8.4) | Not taking the medication during recovery | 16 (8.4) |
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