Beliefs about medicines among overall adherent and non-adherent patients
| BMQ domain | Adherent patients | Non-adherent patients | Mean difference | P value |
| Specific necessity for taking SPM | 19.32 (4.10) (N=281) | 18.48 (3.60) (N=218) | 0.85 | 0.016 |
| Specific concern about taking SPM | 10.67 (4.17) (N=278) | 12.70 (4.17) (N=216) | –2.03 | <0.001 |
Values given for each domain are mean scores (SD). Possible scores range from 5 to 25, where 5=strongly disagree and 25=strongly agree.
BMQ, Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire;SPM, secondary prevention medicine.