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Table 3 Description of ACCEPT© treatment attribute dimension scores, presented as mean (SD)

From: Assessing patients’ acceptance of their medication to reveal unmet needs: results from a large multi-diseases study using a patient online community

 

Multi item dimensions

Single-item dimension

 

N

Acceptance/Medication Inconvenience

Acceptance/Long-term Treatment

Acceptance/Regimen Constraints

Acceptance/Side effects

Acceptance/Effectiveness

Acceptance/Numerous Medications

Type 2 diabetes

669

80.0 (25.4)

56.0 (21.7)

67.0 (31.2)

71.4 (32.7)

67.0 (35.5)

36.8%

Multiple sclerosis

426

69.7 (31.8)

57.8 (26.1)

67.5 (28.0)

60.9 (33.1)

55.6 (38.2)

20.7%

Ankylosing spondylitis

297

67.6 (28.6)

50.4 (23.7)

63.1 (29.4)

41.2 (33.5)

52.5 (38.4)

37.7%

Type 1 diabetes

251

59.9 (29.3)

48.2 (24.0)

52.9 (34.9)

68.5 (34.8)

79.8 (29.8)

31.1%

Fibromyalgia

248

89.6 (16.8)

47.4 (25.1)

62.1 (32.2)

51.5 (34.0)

53.7 (35.9)

52.4%

Rheumatoid arthritis

215

75.6 (27.5)

48.6 (26.1)

67.5 (27.7)

44.5 (34.9)

57.3 (38.6)

45.1%

Arthrosis

163

90.7 (16.1)

56.1 (23.5)

76.7 (26.6)

70.7 (33.4)

59.8 (37.4)

25.8%

Bipolar disorder

143

90.4 (16.8)

49.9 (23.2)

62.1 (30.1)

46.1 (32.8)

67.0 (37.3)

39.9%

Breast cancer

137

86.5 (20.4)

53.5 (23.7)

71.1 (28.4)

35.4 (29.8)

37.7 (34.6)

27.7%

Depression

104

91.3 (16.9)

48.8 (23.4)

67.9 (30.3)

60.4 (33.1)

60.6 (38.7)

39.4%

Lupus

100

89.2 (16.5)

46.3 (25.6)

60.2 (31.9)

52.1 (34.6)

57.3 (35.3)

45.0%

Crohn’s disease/ Ulcerative colitis

98

72.9 (27.5)

50.8 (26.8)

67.2 (28.4)

53.6 (33.3)

62.2 (40.6)

23.5%

COPD

74

83.1 (21.8)

53.5 (22.7)

69.7 (29.7)

77.8 (32.0)

60.5 (36.0)

27.0%

Psoriasis

68

78.7 (22.4)

49.1 (28.0)

71.8 (23.8)

74.6 (31.9)

53.9 (37.6)

11.8%

Parkinson’s disease

65

88.5 (17.5)

47.4 (25.9)

56.8 (33.8)

52.1 (32.2)

54.9 (40.3)

36.9%

Hypertension

64

96.3 (7.8)

61.3 (19.8)

73.4 (26.5)

81.4 (26.7)

77.6 (31.3)

20.3%

Asthma

51

80.8 (22.7)

51.3 (17.6)

63.0 (28.1)

70.4 (36.3)

75.2 (32.9)

39.2%

Epilepsy

45

88.4 (21.0)

52.8 (22.9)

61.4 (28.9)

56.9 (28.8)

68.1 (37.4)

24.4%

Myocardial infarction

33

90.1 (18.8)

47.7 (26.3)

65.3 (33.1)

54.2 (32.4)

51.0 (36.5)

54.5%

Other diseases

942

84.9 (22.3)

53.7 (25.5)

67.8 (30.2)

57.8 (35.5)

60.7 (36.9)

30.0%

Total

4193

80.2 (25.7)

52.7 (24.6)

66.0 (30.4)

58.9 (35.3)

60.8 (37.4)

33.2%

  1. In bold, three diseases with best level of acceptance; in italics three diseases with worst level of acceptance
  2. ACCEPT© scores range from 0 to 100 for multi-item dimensions with a higher score indicating greater acceptance. The single item dimension “Acceptance/Numerous Medications” score is presented as the percentage of patients answering “I don’t find this easy to accept” from the original 3-point response scale common to all items