Percentage of patients with RA who agree or strongly agree with each of the items from the BMQ Necessity and Concerns subscales.
| BMQ Items | Agree or Strongly Agree, % |
|---|---|
| Necessity scale | |
| My health, at present, depends on my medicines | 92 |
| My life would be impossible without my medicines | 80 |
| Without my medicines I would be very ill | 85 |
| My health in the future will depend on my medicines | 90 |
| My medicines will protect me from becoming worse | 93 |
| Concerns scale | |
| Having to take medicines worries me | 64 |
| I sometimes worry about the longterm effects of my medicines | 81 |
| My medicines are a mystery to me | 34 |
| My medicines disrupt my life | 30 |
| I sometimes worry about becoming too dependent on my medicines | 47 |
RA: rheumatoid arthritis; BMQ: Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire.