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| Routine | P: I’ve never missed it. I get right panicky if I have to miss it. And I know, you know the doctors have said, if you miss one day it’s not going to, you know, but I don’t like to miss no. I don’t miss. |
| I: What are you worried about if you miss? |
| P: Actually I can’t tell you what I worry about, I just think it’s not probably a good thing. (female, on target) |
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| Routine | It really doesn’t happen unless [—] um if schedules are all screwed up, if we’re away somewhere or travelling yeah. Which doesn’t happen more than you know, a couple times a year. (female, not on target) |
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| Monetary issues | P: Well it’s not cheap. And then you know, it’s like taking the medication right? I can’t even afford it right now. The healthier I stay, the better, cheaper it is for me. (male, not on target) |
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| Routine-support | Yes sometimes wife tell me [—] [name] take all pills! Alright told [name] are you taking all together like this? (male, not on target) |
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| Routine-coping | I’m a frequent traveler so I carry my pills. Take them, take them and yeah I’m [—] very rarely might I miss a day of taking them but most of the time I take them. (male, on target) |
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| Routine-coping | But it’s quite easy when you have them in your little containers. (female, not on target) |
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| Routine-coping | Oh I for years was really bad. I have a dosette now and I faithfully, got it all numbered the days of the month. (male, not on target) |
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| Routine | It’s not going to be a problem. I’ve been doing it for years, So it’s part of my ritual. It’s just the way it is. You have high blood pressure and you take it you don’t forget. (male, on target) |
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| Lifestyle-barriers | Um [—] but of course really the only setback is to that is because of my lifestyle I am very busy, and you don’t always have time to eat healthy. But that’s, you know, you know I try and eat healthy and exercise as much as I can. I think that’s the part that stresses me out a little bit is that [—] um you know, I know I should be losing weight and I know I should be doing it for my health, but I just have to get to I know it’s important medically. Um [—] you know but with lifestyle it is really hard to do that. (patient 13, female, on target) |
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| Routine-lifestyle | Yeah sometimes weekends aren’t the best for me [laughs] And I’m a bit worried about that if I retire ‘cause I think sometimes um [—] I eat a better diet on workdays because I have to make a lunch and take it. [—] I think I’m just on more of a routine. (female, not on target) |
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| Dietary adherence-spousal support | P: And salt free diet, or salt reduced. |
| I: And how do you follow a salt free diet? |
| P: My wife takes care of it. (male, on target) |
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