2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2012.00634.x
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Validation of a French Version of the 8‐Item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale in Hypertensive Adults

Abstract: J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2012; 14:429–434. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. The aim of this study was to validate a French translation of the structured self‐report 8‐item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS‐8) and determine its psychometric properties in patients taking antihypertensive medication. An observational cross‐sectional study was conducted in the hypertensive unit of a French university hospital. The MMAS‐8 was translated according to international guidelines. Internal consistency was asses… Show more

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“…Medication adherence (MMAS-8) and behavioral adherence were measured through self-report scales, and answers could have been influenced by social desirability. Nevertheless, MMAS-8 is a validated, reliable, simple, and low-cost instrument that has been successfully used to estimate medication adherence in many previous studies involving hypertensive patients [55]- [59], including low-income patients of African origin [36]. Furthermore, due to the relatively small sample size, only a limited number of variables could be taken into consideration within our multivariate analysis.…”
Section: Limitationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Medication adherence (MMAS-8) and behavioral adherence were measured through self-report scales, and answers could have been influenced by social desirability. Nevertheless, MMAS-8 is a validated, reliable, simple, and low-cost instrument that has been successfully used to estimate medication adherence in many previous studies involving hypertensive patients [55]- [59], including low-income patients of African origin [36]. Furthermore, due to the relatively small sample size, only a limited number of variables could be taken into consideration within our multivariate analysis.…”
Section: Limitationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The MMAS-8 has been used widely for several different diseases-including diabetes (1,14,15), schizophrenia (16) (24) versions. All of these translated versions showed acceptable levels of reliability and validity.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Keuntungan digunakannya MMAS adalah pertanyaan yang digunakan sederhana dan mudah dalam penghitungan nilai. 18 Menurut Almas et al, tingkat kepatuhan dipengaruhi oleh kelalaian, efek samping yang ditimbulkan, jumlah obat yang diminum, tidak diberitahu dengan baik, dan finansial. 19 Selain itu, faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi kepatuhann pengobatan dapat dikelompokkan menjadi patient-related factors, treatment-related factors, healthcare system-related factors, socioeconomicrelated factors,dan disease-related factors.…”
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