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Data were collected via questionnaires on patients': (1) self-reported adherence (Medication Adherence Report Scale-MARS); (2) beliefs about medicines (Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire-BMQ); (3) illness perceptions (Illness Perceptions Questionnaire-IPQ) and (4) satisfaction with information about DMARDs (Satisfaction with Information about Medicines questionnaire-SIMS).
Medication Adherence Report Scale (MARS) Measuring self-reported non-adherence as opposed to self-reported adherence has been shown to correlate more closely to objective adherence measures such as pill counts [ 21 ].
This study aimed to investigate whether the score of self-reported medication adherence using the Medication Adherence Report Scale (MARS-5) correlates with the serum level of antiepileptic medication, as well as whether the MARS-5 score can predict the quality of life (QoL) in patients with epilepsy.
Although self-reported instruments are subjective, review articles on adherence report moderate to high agreement between self-report and electronic medication monitoring devices (Garber et al. 2004; Shi et al. 2010).
13 A brief four-item version of the Medication Adherence Report Scale (MARS) was used to measure self-reported adherence to ICS.
The primary outcomes were self-reported adherence measured with the MARS (Medication Adherence Report Scale; range 5 25) and HbA1c at 8 weeks.
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The self reported adherence reported in the present study was 59.9%.
This may be a possible explanation for relatively much higher adherence reported by these studies.
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