Donald E. Morisky’s Questions
Do you ever forget to take your medicine?
Are you careless at time about taking your medicine?
When you feel better do you sometimes stop taking your medicine?
Sometimes if you feel worse when you take the medicine, do you stop taking it?
- High adherence = all ‘no’ responses
- Medium adherence = 1 or 2 ‘yes’ responses
- Low adherence = 3 or 4 ‘yes’ responses