Table 2 Patient behavior toward his/her medical treatment

General treatment management

 Do you use a pill organizer?

28(16.9)

85(12.4)

0.131¹

 Do you pick up your medication from the pharmacy?

53(32.1)

297(43.4)

0.008^*1

 Do you manage taking your medication on your own?

62(37.3)

365(53.4)

0.000^*1

Prescription of drugs

 Is your medications’ schedule adapted to fit your lifestyle?

131(79.4)

588(86)

0.041^*1

 Do you think that you take too many drugs?

68(8)

244(28.7)

0.689

Management of the stock of medications

 Do you ever run out of drugs?

26(15.7)

70(10.2)

0.047^*1

 Do you have an excess of medications?

29(16.2)

96(14)

0.244

 Do you share any medication with a relative?

13(7.3)

48(7.2)

0.964

Preparation and administration of medications

 Do you face any problem with the dosage form of some of your medications (swallow tablets, counting the drops?)

19(11.5)

48(7)

0.054¹

 Are there any medications you are crushing or capsules you are opening?

10(1.2)

26(3.1)

0.314

 Do you ever forget to take your medications?

27(15.1)

111(16.6)

0.633

 During the last 2 weeks, were there any days when you did not take your medication?

11(6.1)

59(8.8)

0.250

Medications utility

 Do you think that some of your medications are not useful

12(6.7)

44(6.6)

0.944

Side effects

  (Did you ever suffered from any side effects after taking a medication (s)?)

22(13.3)

63(9.2)

0.119¹

Treatment follow up

 If some of your medications require constant monitoring by doing a blood test, will you have any difficulty in doing it?

17(10.2)

47(6.9)

0.14¹

Self-medication

 Do you often use medications without a prescription?

22(13.3)

154(22.5)

0.08¹

 Have you ever decreased or increased the dose of certain drug on your own?)

12(6.7)

47(7)

0.888