Table 2 Response of the respondents to TAI questionnaires- UOGTRH, 2016
TAI questions | TAI scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | All n (%) | More than half n (%) | About half n (%) | Less than half n (%) | None n (%) |
How many times did you forget to take your regular inhalers in the last 7Â days? | 6 (3.7) | 11 (6.7) | 13 (7.9) | 18 (11.6) | 115 (70.1) |
| Â | Always n (%) | Almost always n (%) | Sometimes n (%) | Almost never n (%) | Never n (%) |
You forget to take your inhalers: | 7 (4.3) | 10 (6.1) | 11 (6.7) | 15 (9.1) | 121 (73.8) |
When you are feeling well, you stop taking your inhalers: | 7 (4.3) | 13 (7.9) | 7 (4.3) | 34 (20.7) | 103 (62.8) |
At the weekend or when you go on holiday, you stop taking your inhalers: | 12 (7.3) | 8 (4.9) | 5 (3) | 18 (11) | 121 (73.8) |
When you are anxious or sad, you stop taking your inhalers: | 4 (2.4) | 5 (3) | 12 (7.3) | 13 (7.9) | 130 (79.3) |
You don’t take your inhalers out of fear of potential side effects | 7 (4.3) | 8 (4.9) | 15 (9.1) | 2 (1.2) | 132 (80.5) |
You stop taking your inhalers because you believe that they are of little help in treating your disease: | 3 (1.8) | 9 (5.5) | 14 (8.5) | 38 (13.2) | 100 (61) |
You take fewer inhalations than prescribed by your doctor: | 6 (3.7) | 6 (3.7) | 16 (9.8) | 39 (23.8) | 97 (59.1) |
You stop taking your inhalers because you believe that they interfere with your day-to-day or work life: | 4 (2.4) | 7 (4.3) | 11 (6.7) | 44 (26.8) | 98 (59.8) |
You stop taking your inhalers because you have trouble paying for them: | 11 (6.7) | 6 (3.7) | 7 (4.3) | 26 (15.9) | 114 (69.5) |