Why the study?
Is the Chinese version of the 8-item Morisky medication adherence scale (C-MMAS-8) a valid and reliable tool for measuring medication adherence in Chinese myocardial infarction patients?
Population
176 myocardial infarction (MI) patients recruited from four major hospitals in Guangzhou, southern China.
Design
Cross-sectional
Follow-up
4-week retest for a subset of 30 patients
Authors
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Supports C-MMAS-8 reliability for adherence assessment in Chinese MI patients; leaves open prospective outcome validation before routine use.
Is the Chinese version of the 8-item Morisky medication adherence scale (C-MMAS-8) a valid and reliable tool for measuring medication adherence in Chinese myocardial infarction patients?
The Chinese version of the 8-item Morisky medication adherence scale is a valid and reliable tool for assessing medication adherence in Chinese patients with myocardial infarction.
Yan et al. (2014) studied this question.
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