Medication Beliefs and Adherence to Antiseizure Medications

Figure 2

Distribution of belief items by adherent and nonadherent elderly subjects with epilepsy. The items include my health at present depends on my ASMs, my life would be impossible without my ASMs, without my ASMs, I would become very ill, my health in the future will depend on my ASMs, and my ASMs protect me from becoming worse, having to take ASMs worries me, I sometimes worry about the long-term effects of my ASMs, my ASMs are a mystery to me, my ASMs disrupt my life, and I sometimes worry about becoming too dependent on my ASMs.