Comparison of characteristics of adherent and non-adherent patients stating that they need a solution for possible barriers to adherence
| Possible problem | Factor 1 (unintentional) non-adherence | Factor 2 (intentional) non-adherence | Overall non-adherence | ||||||
| Adherent | Non-adherent | P value | Adherent | Non-adherent | P value | Adherent | Non-adherent | P value | |
| Opening the medicine bottle or blister pack | 67/308 (21.8) | 43/182 (23.6) | NS | 87/428 (20.3) | 23/62 (37.1) | 0.003 | 57/278 (20.5) | 53/214 (24.8) | NS |
| Reading the label on the medicine bottle or box | 21/305 (6.9) | 19/182 (10.4) | NS | 30/425 (7.1) | 10/62 (16.1) | 0.015 | 16/276 (5.8) | 24/213 (11.3) | 0.029 |
| Swallowing medicines | 25/305 (8.2) | 17/184 (9.2) | NS | 30/424 (7.1) | 12/65 (18.5) | 0.002 | 20/274 (7.3) | 22/217 (10.1) | NS |
| Getting repeat prescription | 22/307 (7.2) | 29/183 (15.8) | 0.002 | 33/425 (7.8) | 18/65 (27.7) | <0.001 | 15/276 (5.4) | 36/216 (16.7) | <0.001 |
All values are n/N (%) and indicate patients who said that they need an alternative for this problem.
NS, not significant.