Medication Adherence Questionnaire (MAQ)

ARMS scale
ADHERENCE TO REFILLS AND MEDICATION SCALE

1. How often do you miss scheduled appointments?

Koliko često propuštate zakazane sastanke?
2. How often do you forget to take your medicine?
Koliko često zaboravite uzeti lijek?
3. How often do you decide not to take your medicine?
Koliko često odlučite ne uzimati lijek?
4. How often do you forget to get prescriptions filled?
Koliko često zaboravite napuniti recepte?
5. How often do you run out of medicine?
Koliko često vam ponestane lijekova?
6. How often do you skip a dose of your medicine before you go to the doctor?
Koliko često preskočite dozu lijeka prije nego odete doktoru?
7. How often do you miss taking your medicine when you feel better?
Koliko često propuštate uzimati lijek kada se osjećate bolje?
8. How often do you miss taking your medicine when you feel sick?
Koliko često propuštate uzimati lijek kada se osjećate bolesnima?
 9. How often do you take someone else’s medicine?
Koliko često uzimate tuđe lijekove?
10. How often do you miss taking your medicine when you are careless?
Koliko često zaboravite uzeti svoje lijekove kada ste bezbrižni
11. How often do you change the dose of your medicines to suit your needs (like when you take a more or less pill than you’re
supposed to)?
Koliko često mijenjate dozu svojih lijekova tako da odgovara vašim potrebama
(primjerice, kada uzimate više ili manje pilule nego što trebate)?
12. How often do you forget to take your medicine when you are supposed to take it more than once a day?
Koliko često zaboravite uzimati lijek kada ga trebate uzimati više od jednom dnevno?
13. How often do you put off refilling your medicines because they cost too much money?
Koliko često odustanete od kupovine lijekova jer trošite previše novca?
14. How often do you plan ahead and refill your medicines before they run out?
Koliko često planirate unaprijed kupiti svoje lijekove prije nego što potrošite?

TABLE 4
ADHERENCE SCALE CULIG

Very rare Sometimes Often

Cause of nonadherence Never
(1–2 yearly) (3–5 yearly) (more than 5 yearly)
1 I was not at home 0 1 2 3
2 The drug was not available due to short supply 0 1 2 3
3 I just forgot 0 1 2 3
4 I take a number of drugs several times a day 0 1 2 3
5 I wanted to avoid side effects 0 1 2 3
6 I did not want other people seeing me taking drug 0 1 2 3
7 My doctor frequently changes my therapy 0 1 2 3
8 I felt the drug to be toxic/harmful 0 1 2 3
9 I was sleepy at medication time 0 1 2 3
10 I had cold 0 1 2 3
11 I felt depressed or broken 0 1 2 3
12 I had problems with medication timing 0 1 2 3
13 I consumed all of it 0 1 2 3
14 I felt well 0 1 2 3
15 I was afraid of developing drug dependence 0 1 2 3
16 The drug was too expensive 0 1 2 3

1. Nisam bio kod kuće

2 . Lek nije bio dostupan zbog nedostatka
3. Samo sam zaboravio
4 Uzimam nekoliko lekova nekoliko puta dnevno
5. Želim da izbegnem neželjene efekte
6. Nisam želeo da drugi ljudi vide kako uzimam lijek
7. Moj doktor često menja terapiju
8. Osećao sam da je lek toksičan / štetan
9. Spavao sam za vrijeme terapije
10. Bio sam hladan
11. Osjećao sam se depresivno ili slomljenim
12. Imao sam probleme sa vremenom uzimanja terapije
13. Ja sam sve potrošio
14. Osećao sam se dobro
15. Ja sam se plašio razvoja zavisnosti od lijekova
16. Lijekje bio preskup

Medication Adherence Rating Scale; MARS

1. Do you ever forget to take your medication?

2. Are you careless at times about taking your medication?
3. When you feel better, do you sometimes stop taking yourmedication?
4. Sometimes if you feel worse when you take the medication,do you stop taking it?
5. I take my medication only when I am sick
6. It is unnatural for my mind and body to be controlled bymedication
7. My thoughts are clearer on medication
8. By staying on medication, I can prevent getting sick.
9. I feel weird, like a ‘zombie’ on medication
10. Medication makes me feel tired and sluggish

DAI-30 questionnaire

1 I don't need to take medication once I feel better

2 For me, the good things about medication outweigh the bad

3 I feel strange, "doped up", on medication

4 Even when I am not in hospital I need medication regularly

5 If I take medication, it's only because of pressure from other people

6 I am more aware of what I am doing, of what is going on around me, when I am on medication

7 Taking medications will do me no harm

8 I take medications of my own free choice

9 Medications make me feel more relaxed

10 I am no different on or off medication

11 The unpleasant effects of medication are always present

12 Medication makes me feel tired and sluggish

13 I take medication only when I feel ill

14 Medications are slow-acting poisons

15 I get along better with people when I am on medication

16 I can't concentrate on anything when I am taking medication

17 I know better than the doctors when to stop taking medication

18 I feel more normal on medication

19 I would rather be ill than taking medication

20 It is unnatural for my mind and body to be controlled by medications

21 My thoughts are clearer on medication

22 I should keep taking medication even if I feel well

23 Taking medication will prevent me from having a breakdown

24 It is up to the doctor to decide when I should stop taking medication

25 Things that I could do easily are much more difficult when I am on medication

26 I am happier and feel better when I am taking medications

27 I am given medication to control behaviour that other people (not myself) don't like

28 I can't relax on medication

29 I am in better control of myself when taking medication

30 By staying on medications I can prevent myself getting sick

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