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Table 1 Seven items assessing Medication Adherence & Clinician Behaviour

From: Are Australian clinicians monitoring medication adherence in hematological cancer survivors? Two cross-sectional studies

Thinking about the prescribed medications you are taking related to your cancer or treatment side-effects:

1. How many different prescribed medications related to your cancer or treatment side-effects are you currently taking EACH DAY?

Nil / 1–2 / 3–4 / 5–6 / 7–8 / 9 or more

2. In the last 7 days, have you missed a dose of one or more of your medications?

No

Yes

3. In the last 7 days, have you taken a medication at the wrong time? (eg. taken the medication at lunchtime instead of with breakfast)

No

Yes

4. In the last 7 days, have you taken a higher dose of a medication than as prescribed?

No

Yes

5. In the last 6 months, have you stopped taking any prescribed cancer-related medications without first getting your doctor’s approval to do so?

No

Not sure

Yes

6. At your last 6 visits to your hematologist or cancer doctor, on how many of these occasions did they ask you whether you have been taking your cancer-related medications as prescribed?

Always, at every appointment

Sometimes, but not at every appointment

Never

Not sure / can’t remember

7. At your last 6 visits to your GP or regular doctor, on how many of these occasions did they ask you whether you have been taking your cancer-related medications as prescribed?

Always, at every appointment

Sometimes, but not at every appointment

Never

Not sure / can’t remember