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Table 1 Responses to medication adherence questions from 12,159 incident atrial fibrillation patients

From: Risk factors for medication non-adherence among atrial fibrillation patients

 

n (%)

Question

1. In the past month, how often did you take your medications as the doctor prescribed?

 All of the time (100%)

10,120 (83.2)

 Nearly all of the time (90%)

1726 (14.2)

 Most of the time (75%)

202 (1.7)

 About half the time (50%)

37 (0.3)

 Less than half the time (<50%)

74 (0.6)

2. In the past month, how often did you forget to take one or more prescribed medications?

 Never

7147 (58.8)

 Once

3061 (25.2)

 2–3 times

1551 (12.8)

 Once per week

281 (2.3)

 Several times per week

73 (0.6)

 Nearly every day

46 (0.4)

3. In the past month, how often did you decide to skip one or more prescribed medications?

 Never

10,599 (87.2)

 Once

734 (6.0)

 2–3 times

505 (4.2)

 Once per week

117 (1.0)

 Several times per week

96 (0.8)

 Nearly every day

108 (0.9)

Medication Adherence

 Adherent

11,388 (93.7)

 Not Adherenta

771 (6.3)

  1. aNot adherent defined as (a) an answer to question 1 as “most of the time (75%)” or less or (b) an answer to question 2 as “once per week” or more or (c) an answer to question 3 as “once per week” or more