A New Lebanese Medication Adherence Scale: Validation in Lebanese Hypertensive Adults
Table 3
Questions, factors, and their internal consistency.
Factor
Cronbach alpha
Load
Question
Occupational
0.695
0.771
Do you forget to take your medication when you are busy (intensive work or travel)?
0.722
Do you forget to take your medication if you are invited to lunch or dinner?
0.712
Do you forget to take your medication?
0.526
Do you get late when it comes to buying your medication packs when they become empty?
0.438
Do you stop taking your medication if it forbids you from eating certain food that you love because of possible food-medication interaction?
Psychological
0.591
0.832
Will you stop taking your medication, without your doctor’s consultation, if your neighbor/relative took a prescription like yours for a long term and it caused them side effects?
0.709
Do you stop taking your medication without consulting your doctor if the laboratory tests show improvement during treatment period?
0.685
Do you stop taking your medication without consulting your doctor if you do not feel better during treatment period?
0.521
Do you stop taking your medication without consulting your doctor if you feel better during treatment period?
Annoyance
0.48
0.890
Do you decide to stop some of your medications without consulting your doctor if you noticed that you are taking too many medications every day?
0.701
Do you stop your chronic treatment if you get bored of it?
0.502
Do you stop taking your medication in case of side effects?
Economical
0.679
0.856
Do you stop taking your medication if your insurance does not cover it?
0.833
Will you stop buying your medication packs if you considered them expensive?
Extraction method: principal component analysis. Rotation method: varimax with Kaiser normalization.
