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Table 1 Summary of the MYMEDS questionnaire

From: The my experience of taking medicines (MYMEDS) questionnaire for assessing medicines adherence barriers in post-myocardial infarction patients: development and utility

Section

Area of focus

Content

Completion method

1

Current medicines

Medicines being taken, administration times, why the patient takes them

List of medicines; tick when they take them; state why they take them

2

Understanding and satisfaction with medicines

Understanding of why medicines were prescribed, whether the patient is convinced of the importance of these medicines, whether they feel that their medicines are working

Four-point Likert scale (strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree); free text for comments

3

Concerns about medicines

Level of worry that medicines will cause more harm than good, concern about being on too many medicines, and whether medicines need to be altered because of actual or perceived harm

Four-point Likert scale (strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree); free text for comments

4

Practical barriers to adherence

Problems with opening medicine packaging or reading labels, swallowing problems, and issues with obtaining repeat prescriptions

Four-point Likert scale (strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree); free text for comments

5

Fitting medicines into daily routine

Issues with forgetfulness and inconvenience due to taking medicines

Four-point Likert scale (strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree); free text for comments

6

Adherence to individual SPMs

Adherence levels with each separate SPM being taken

Five-point Likert scale for how often each medicine was taken as prescribed in the past month (all of the time; nearly all of the time; most of the time; about half the time; less than half the time)

Final

Other

Any other issues that the patient wishes to raise

Free text

  1. MYMEDS My Experience of Taking Medicines, SPM Secondary prevention medicine