Adherence to Antihypertensive Treatment and Associated Factors in Central Ethiopia

Table 6

Responses of hypertensive patients to MMAS-8 questions in Central Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 989).

Variable	Frequency	%
Sometimes forget taking their drugs
Yes	363	36.7
No	626	63.3
Had a problem taking in the last 2 weeks
Yes	164	16.6
No	825	83.4
Stop taking or decrease the dose
Yes	130	13.1
No	859	86.9
Forget to bring along when traveling
Yes	210	21.2
No	779	78.8
Took their medication yesterday
Yes	807	81.6
No	182	18.4
Stop taking when they feel controlled
Yes	149	15.1
No	840	84.9
Felt hassled sticking treatment plan
Yes	156	15.8
No	833	84.1
Some degree of remembering a problem
Almost never	517	52.3
Sometimes	408	41.2
Frequently	56	5.7
Always	8	0.8