Table 3 Medication adherence level measurement in post kidney transplant patients using Simplified Medication Adherence Questionnaire (SMAQ®) and Basel Adherence Assessment Scale in Immunosuppressant (BAASIS®)
Variables | N (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
SMAQ® | Do you always take your medication at the appropriate time? | Yes | 221(81.9%) |
No | 49(18.1%) | ||
When you feel worse/bad, have you ever discontinued taking your medication? | Yes | 11(4.1%) | |
No | 259(95.9%) | ||
Do you ever forget to take your medication? | Yes | 179(66.3%) | |
No | 91(33.7%) | ||
Did you not take any of your medicine over the past weekend? | Yes | 37(13.7%) | |
No | 233(86.3%) | ||
Thinking about the last week. How MANY TIMES did you fail to take your prescribed dose? | Never | 231(85.6%) | |
1–2 times | 32(11.9%) | ||
> 2 times | 7(2.6%) | ||
Over the past 3 months or since your last visit (appointment), how many days have you not taken any medicine at all? | Never | 96(35.6%) | |
1–2 times | 127(47%) | ||
> 2 times | 47(17.4%) | ||
Adherence: SMAQ score | 221(81.9%) | ||
BAASIS® | Intake non-adherence | Never | 246(91.1%) |
1/month | 22(8.1%) | ||
1/2 weeks | 2(0.7%) | ||
Drug Discontinuation | Never | 264(97.8%) | |
1/month | 6(2.2%) | ||
Time non-adherence | Never | 224(83.0%) | |
1/month | 35(12.9%) | ||
1/2 weeks | 6(2.6%) | ||
Every week | 3(1.1%) | ||
> 1/week | 2(0.7%) | ||
Dose alteration | Never | 270(100%) | |
1/month | 0(0) | ||
Adherence: BAASIS score | 208(77.0%) | ||