Impact of the virtual anti-hypertensive educational campaign towards knowledge, attitude, and practice of hypertension management during the COVID-19 pandemic

Table 5 Item structure of the 8-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale rotation of the initial factor extraction using the principal component method

No.	Items	Subjects answered “yes”		P value
		Before intervention, n = 110	After intervention, n = 109
1	Do you sometimes forget to take your hypertensive pills?	47 (42.7)	39 (35.8)	0.160
2	People sometimes miss taking their medications for reasons other than forgetting. Thinking over the past two weeks, were there any days when you did not take your hypertensive medicine?	70 (63.6)	65 (59.6)	0.310
3	Have you ever cut back or stopped taking your hypertensive medication without telling your doctor, because you felt worse when you took it?	23 (20.9)	19 (17.4)	0.180
4	When you travel or leave home, do you sometimes forget to bring along your hypertensive medication?	49 (44.5)	47 (43.1)	0.380
5	Did you take your hypertensive medicine yesterday?	96 (87.3)	97 (89.0)	0.430
6	When you feel like your hypertension is under control, do you sometimes stop taking your medicine?	81 (73.6)	65 (59.6)	< 0.001
7	Taking medication every day is a real inconvenience for some people. Do you ever feel hassled about sticking to your hypertensive treatment plan?	51 (46.4)	49 (44.9)	0.390
8	How often do you have difficulty remembering to take all your medications? (likert scale: 1 = never; 2 = seldom; 3 = sometime; 4 = frequently)	3.1 ± 0.8	2.3 ± 0.6	< 0.001

Data are presented as n (%). Response choices are “yes” or “no” for items, except Likert scale for item number 8.