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Correction to: Antihypertensive medication adherence and associated factors among adult hypertensive patients at Jimma University Specialized Hospital, southwest Ethiopia
- Solomon Weldegebreal Asgedom1Email author,
- Tesfay Mehari Atey1 and
- Tigestu Alemu Desse2
- Received: 1 August 2018
- Accepted: 1 August 2018
- Published: 16 August 2018
The original article was published in BMC Research Notes 2018 11:27
Correction to: BMC Res Notes (2018) 11:27 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3139-6
A summary of responses to the eight-item Morisky’s Medication Adherence Scale [24] among adult hypertensive patients at Jimma University Specialized Hospital March 4, 2015 to April 3, 2015
MMAS-8 measurement scale questions | Frequency (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Yes | No | |
MMAS-8 question 1 | 89 (31.8) | 191 (68.2) |
MMAS-8 question 2 | 57 (20.4) | 223 (79.6) |
MMAS-8 question 3 | 27 (9.6) | 253 (90.4) |
MMAS-8 question 4 | 93 (33.2) | 187 (66.8) |
MMAS-8 question 5 | 242 (86.4) | 38 (13.6) |
MMAS-8 question 6 | 35 (12.5) | 245 (87.5) |
MMAS-8 question 7 | 141 (50.4) | 139 (49.6) |
MMAS-8 question 8 | ||
Never/rarely | 112 (40.0) | 168 (60.0) |
Once in a while | 39 (13.9) | 241 (86.1) |
Sometimes | 122 (43.6) | 158 (56.4) |
Usually | 7 (2.5) | 273 (97.5) |
All the time | 0 (0.0) | 280 (100.0) |
Adherence | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Adherent | 173 (61.8) |
Non adherent | 107 (38.2) |
The reference which is cited in the above table caption can be reviewed in our article.
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- Asgedom SW, Atey TM, Desse TA. Antihypertensive medication adherence and associated factors among adult hypertensive patients at Jimma University Specialized Hospital, southwest Ethiopia. BMC Res Notes. 2018;11:27. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3139-6.View ArticlePubMedPubMed CentralGoogle Scholar
