Table 2 Responses to the TAI questions by the asthma patients (n = 357)
TAI questions | Responses | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | All the time, n (%) | More than half of the time, n (%) | About half of the time, n (%) | Less than half of the time, n (%) | None of the time, n (%) |
How many times did you forget to take your regular inhalers in the last 7 days? | 99 (27.73) | 99 (27.73) | 115 (32.21) | 40 (11.20) | 4 (1.12) |
You forget to take your inhalers | 86 (24.09) | 87 (24.37) | 75 (21.01) | 101 (28.29) | 8 (2.24) |
| Â | Always n (%) | Almost always n (%) | Sometimes n (%) | Almost never n (%) | Never n (%) |
When you are feeling well, you stop taking your inhalers | 67 (18.77) | 59 (16.53) | 80 (22.41) | 102 (28.57) | 49 (13.73) |
At the weekend or when you go on holiday, you stop taking your inhalers | 93 (26.05) | 70 (19.61) | 69 (19.33) | 96 (26.89) | 29 (8.12) |
When you are anxious or sad, you stop taking your inhalers | 134 (37.54) | 108 (30.25) | 60 (16.81) | 35 (9.80) | 20 (5.60) |
You don’t take your inhalers out of fear of potential side effects | 177 (49.58) | 116 (32.49) | 37 (10.36) | 23 (6.44) | 4 (1.12) |
You stop taking your inhalers because you believe that they are of little help in treating your disease | 196 (54.90) | 82 (22.97) | 47 (13.17) | 30 (8.40) | 2 (0.56) |
You take fewer inhalations than prescribed by your doctor | 85 (23.81) | 53 (14.85) | 100 (28.01) | 99 (27.73) | 20 (5.60) |
You stop taking your inhalers because you believe that they interfere with your day-to-day or work life | 160 (44.82) | 81 (22.69) | 65 (18.21) | 47 (13.17) | 4 (1.12) |
You stop taking your inhalers because you have trouble paying for them | 129 (36.13) | 56 (15.69) | 88 (24.65) | 63 (17.65) | 21 (5.88) |