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Patient reported barriers to adherence | Yes | % | No | % |
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Patient related and social factors | | | | |
Forget to take medicines | 109 | 56.5 | 84 | 43.5 |
Difficult to take medicines at specified time | 72 | 37.3 | 121 | 62.7 |
Did not feel like taking medicines (medication fatigue) | 63 | 32.6 | 130 | 67.4 |
Too much of work at home | 55 | 28.5 | 138 | 71.5 |
Unable to visit hospital working hours due to loss of wages | 44 | 22.8 | 149 | 77.2 |
Stop medication for religious reasons | 43 | 22.3 | 150 | 77.7 |
Did not get leave from work | 26 | 13.5 | 167 | 86.5 |
Medicines were costly to buy | 24 | 12.4 | 169 | 87.6 |
No one at home to remind about taking medications | 21 | 10.9 | 172 | 89.1 |
Did not want others to know | 19 | 9.8 | 174 | 90.2 |
Suggested by someone within family to stop medication | 19 | 9.8 | 174 | 90.2 |
No one to accompany me to the hospital | 19 | 9.8 | 174 | 90.2 |
Did not feel current treatment is effective | 16 | 8.2 | 177 | 91.8 |
Afraid of side effects | 13 | 6.7 | 180 | 93.3 |
Personal other illness (gall bladder operation, asthma, etc.) | 11 | 5.7 | 182 | 94.3 |
Do not believe medicines will improve condition | 10 | 5.2 | 183 | 94.8 |
Someone outside the family suggested stopping medicines | 9 | 4.7 | 184 | 95.3 |
Could not arrange money to come to the hospital | 7 | 3.6 | 186 | 96.4 |
Medication related | | | | |
Afraid of medication dependency | 53 | 27.5 | 140 | 72.5 |
Feel worse after taking medication | 36 | 18.7 | 157 | 81.3 |
Lack of proper explanation on how to take medicines | 26 | 13.5 | 167 | 86.5 |
Too many medicines to take | 22 | 11.4 | 171 | 88.6 |
Health-facility related | | | | |
Hospital is far from home | 92 | 47.7 | 101 | 52.3 |
Long waiting hours in the hospital | 61 | 31.6 | 132 | 68.4 |
No direct transportation to the hospital; change many times | 47 | 24.4 | 146 | 75.6 |
Doctor did not spend enough time to examine | 15 | 7.8 | 178 | 92.2 |
Medicines provided by hospital not available at the facility | 5 | 2.6 | 188 | 97.4 |
Miscellaneous | | | | |
Inclement weather particularly rains | 19 | 9.8 | 174 | 90.2 |
Difficulty in swallowing medicines | 6 | 3.1 | 187 | 96.9 |
Medical store did not have supply of medicines prescribed | 5 | 2.6 | 188 | 97.4 |
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