Table 3 Comparison of patients’ adherence with Levothyroxine treatment
Pre (first visit) | Post (second visit) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CG (%) | IG (%) | p | CG (%) | IG (%) | p | |
Variable | ||||||
M1. Do you ever forget to take your medications? / Yes | 64 | 77.8 | 0.503 | 20 | 16.6 | 1.000 |
M2. Do you pay attention to the time when taking your medications? / Yes | 56 | 55.5 | 1.000 | 84 | 94.4 | 0.380 |
M3. When you feel better, do you sometimes stop taking your medications? / Yes | 8 | 5.5 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 |
M4. If you sometimes feel worse when you take your medications, do you stop taking them? / Yes | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 5.5 | 1.000 |
Adherence level | ||||||
High Moderate | 60 40 | 50 50 | 0.628 | 88 12 | 94.4 5.6 | 0.424 |
Total score (mean ± SD) | 1.20 ± 1.0 | 1.27 ± 0.75 | 0.628 | 0.44 ± 0.82 | 0.27 ± 0.45 | 0.424 |