Research Article
Adherence to Antihypertensive Treatment and Associated Factors in Central Ethiopia
Table 6
Responses of hypertensive patients to MMAS-8 questions in Central Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 989).
| Variable | Frequency | % |
| Sometimes forget taking their drugs | | | Yes | 363 | 36.7 | No | 626 | 63.3 | Had a problem taking in the last 2 weeks | | | Yes | 164 | 16.6 | No | 825 | 83.4 | Stop taking or decrease the dose | | | Yes | 130 | 13.1 | No | 859 | 86.9 | Forget to bring along when traveling | | | Yes | 210 | 21.2 | No | 779 | 78.8 | Took their medication yesterday | | | Yes | 807 | 81.6 | No | 182 | 18.4 | Stop taking when they feel controlled | | | Yes | 149 | 15.1 | No | 840 | 84.9 | Felt hassled sticking treatment plan | | | Yes | 156 | 15.8 | No | 833 | 84.1 | Some degree of remembering a problem | | | Almost never | 517 | 52.3 | Sometimes | 408 | 41.2 | Frequently | 56 | 5.7 | Always | 8 | 0.8 |
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