Prior medication adherence of participants and non participants of a randomized controlled trial to improve patient adherence in cardiovascular risk management

Table 3 Differences participants and non-participants in adherence and beliefs about medication

	Totaal	Non-participants	Participants	P-value
Adherence according to the MMS N [%]				0.99
Low adherence	119 [19]	49 [20]	70 [19]
Medium adherence	279 [45]	109 [44]	170 [46]
High adherence	222 [36]	90 [36]	132 [35]
NCD mean [SD]	3.65[±4.8]	3.4 [±5]	3.8 [±4.9]	0.13
Belief Groups [N%]				0.23
Accepting	160 [26]	61 [24]	100 [27]
Ambivalent	418 [67]	165 [67]	255 [68]
Sceptical	19 [3]	10 [4]	9 [2]
Indifferent	23 [4]	13 [10]	10 [3]

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