Medication Non-Adherence Tools

Unauthorized use of the Morisky Scale

10/19/2019

The consequence of not obtaining appropriate permission to use the 4-item or 8-item Morisky Scales will result in legal action and in some cases a retraction of published articles. Unfortunately in recent years, there has been negative publicity in the use of my scales because of the aggressive and threatening demands from my former business partner. I have reorganized and embarked on a management approach that utilizes best practices in dealing with clients, including those who have infringed on copyrights. My focus is on maintaining the integrity of my copyright and encouringing scientific research. If you have infringed on my copyrights please contact me for a retroactive license. In most cases we can resolve the infringement through training on the Morisky Protocol.

34 Comments

Christopher Ehimi

1/21/2021 07:06:50 am

Dear sir,
I need your kind authorization to use the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale 8, inorder to carry out a Hospital based research.

This research is Hospital based located in a Low-Middle income country. I cannot afford the fee for the authorization, because it is well beyond my financial resources.

Thank you sir, in anticipation for a favourable response.

Warm regards and God bless you sir.

Dr.Chris Ehimi.

Surakshya Rayamajhi

2/12/2021 08:24:21 am

Dear sir,

I am a student doing bachelor of pharmacy in Nepal. I need to complete my research to complete my study during final year and my research is Hospital based. I want to request you to give me your authorization to use 8-item MMAS scale. your fee is beyond my budget as I am a student I am not earning so, I am kindly requesting you please help me.

GEORGE FLAYFLAY SORBOR

8/5/2021 10:28:30 pm

Hello Sir,
i would like authorization to use the MMAS-4 in my PhD research. my study assesses adherence among hypertensive and HIV patients in 2 Nigerian hospitals.
Sir, the fee to use the MMAS-4 is far above my budget.
i am therefore kindly requesting free authentication from you.
Thank you.

Dr. Karla Robles

8/16/2021 12:55:59 pm

Hello Dr. Morisky, my team and me are working in a research in a group of patients with chronic urticaria so we will need to assess adherence to treatment using your scale, I have asked it in your page but I have not received any answer. Please help us in the way we could obtain your license to use your scale. Thank you.

Dr Nosiyba Adlan

12/5/2021 11:13:17 am

Hello Dr Morisky. I already request to get permission retroactively via an online electronic form our study about medication adherence and quality of life among heart failure patients. I need to know how long it takes to get a response, we need your help. Thanks

Kristina Rezic Bozic

4/7/2022 08:03:55 am

Dear sir,
I am doing research related to my final intership in pharmacy.Can you please grant me approach to Morisky Medication Scale 4 to carry out this hospital based research on oncologic patients.My hospital is located in Low-Middle income country, I kindly requesting a free authentication from you;
Thank you,best regards!
Kristina Rezic Bozic,mr.ph.

MD ASADUZZAMAN

5/8/2022 01:12:34 pm

Dear sir,
I need your kind authorization to use the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale 8, inorder to carry out a Hospital based research in Bangladesh.

This research is Hospital based located in a Low-Middle income country. I cannot afford the fee for the authorization, because it is well beyond my financial resources.

Thank you sir, in anticipation for a favourable response.

Warm regards and God bless you sir.

Dr. MD ASADUZZAMAN

Sunil Kumar Nayak

5/23/2022 05:25:17 am

Respected sir,
I am student of pharm D final year in Bangalore, doing hospital based research so, i need your kind authorization to use MMAS-8

Therefore I kindly request to you if you grant above statement i will be great ful and thankful to you .

Dr. Tashi Wangchuk

6/4/2022 09:52:45 pm

Sir,
I work at one of the public hospitals in small Kingdom called Kingdom of Bhutan. I am doing a small study to see the adherence rate to anti-diabetic medication in Bhutan using your 8-item Morisky Medication Adherence Score (MMAS-8) tool for this study.
I would like to request Author to kindly grant me permission to use the tool. I cannot afford for the tool, and my study would help my community immensely.
Thank you.

Patricia Pereira

7/3/2022 09:35:25 am

Hello,
I am student of master degree in Health Promotion in Brazil and I need your kind authorization to use MMAS-8 (Portuguese version)
How can I get this authorization? Should I pay for it?
Could you please guide me how can I procede with it?
Thank you

Yerukneh Kinfu Solomon

7/5/2022 04:15:42 pm

Dear respected, i am from Ethiopia! I need your help for authorization to use your MMAS-8 tool! I would like to request you permission kindly.

With great respect!

salapu harika

7/17/2022 02:05:29 pm

hello sir,
I am Dr.salapu harika studying first year of masters in community medicine in India need permission to use your MMAS-4 Scale for my dessertation work.the price stated is beyond my capability so kindly help with authorization of scale.
thanking you sir
with regards
salapu harika

Hedwig Williams

7/19/2022 05:13:40 pm

Dear Dr. Morisky, I am a doctoral student who will like to obtain permission to utilize your MMAS-8 to compete my project which is to increase medication adherence in HIV patients at an outpatient clinic.
Respectfully,
Hedwig

Suha Aisha

7/22/2022 04:03:23 am

Respected Sir/Madam,
We are 5th year PharmD students at the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Shree Devi College of Pharmacy, Mangalore, Karnataka, completing a thesis on ‘Prospective Study on Prescribing Pattern and Medication Adherence in stroke patients’.

We are writing to ask permission to use the ‘MMAS-8 SCALE’ in our thesis. Our study is a prospective observational study and is being supervised by OUR PRINCIPAL DR.JAGDISH V KAMATH, (M.pharm ,ph.D)Shree Devi college of pharmacy, Mangalore, Karnataka.

We would like to inform you that we will not be making any changes to the original questionnaire and proper referencing of the source would be done.
I would also appreciate receiving copies of supplemental material like
(1) the test questionnaire
(2) the standard instructions for administering the test, and
(3) scoring procedures
In addition to using the instrument, I also ask your permission to reproduce it in my thesis appendix.

I would like to use and reproduce your questionnaire under the following conditions:
• I will use the Questionnaire (MMAS-8) only for my research study and will not sell or use it for any other purposes
• I will include a statement of attribution and copyright on all copies of the instrument. If you have a specific statement of attribution that you would like for me to include, please provide it in your response.
• At your request, I will send a copy of my completed thesis to you upon completion of the study.
If you do not control the copyright for these materials, I would appreciate any information you can provide concerning the proper person or organization I should contact.

If these are acceptable terms and conditions, please indicate so by replying to me through e-mail at suhaaisha12@gmail.com

Sincerely,
Ms. SUHA.AISHA
Shree Devi college of pharmacy,
Mangalore, Karnataka,
India.
Contact no: 7760387397

Thank you

Jadeeda k

12/26/2022 06:13:14 pm

I am a M -Pharm student.
I also needed MMAS 8
Did you got permission? Or any reply?

marew bante

7/22/2022 04:12:42 am

Dear sir,
I am doing research on medication adherence of diabetic patient .Can you please grant me approach to Morisky Medication Scale 8 to carry out this hospital based research on diabetic patients. My hospital is located in Low income country, I kindly requesting a free authentication from you;
Thank you,best regards!
Marew bante ph.

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marew bante

7/26/2022 07:00:06 am

I am assistant lecturer at mizan-tepie University . I am doing research on hospital based cross-sectional on adherence of diabetic patients to their medication. I want to request you to give me your authorization to use 8-item MMAS scale. since I am from developing country, I could not afford pay the required price, I am kindly requesting you please help me.

sarita paudel

7/29/2022 12:42:08 am

i am sarita paudel currently pursuing my bachelor degree in nursing from shree medical and technical college .i am doing research on adherence to oral hypoglycemic agents among diabetic patients . moreover i did go through all the published article and almost them had used morisky 4 adherence scale for their respective study.THerefore,it will be much helpful if you email me the questionnaire tool with score and give me permission to use that tool.Hope for your kind consideration
Thank you!!

Adeline Roussety

11/22/2022 07:21:07 pm

Good afternoon, my colleague has emailed you about student licensing as she is a first year resident at Monash Health and our study has been accepted at a conference in a few weeks. We just discovered that your tool is not for free and we are desperately seeking permission and willing to pay student rates. She has emailed you to get student permission and is happy to pay but she had some questions. Could you please reply either to myself or Samia.Goni@monashhealth.org asap as our conference is next week. It would be greatly appreciated

Adeline Roussety

12/18/2022 12:53:25 pm

Hi I was sent an email that said I was no longer subscribed to the comments section and I have not received a reply.

Fasika Mega

11/24/2022 06:29:25 am

Dear sir/madam

I am fasika from Ethiopia and currently conducting a study on prevalence and factor associated with uncontrolled diabetes among public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and to conduct the study a tool like morisky medication adherence scale is needed, since i can afford the price, i kindly request you to have your permission to use the tool and proceed with the study.

Thank you!

Madhumita Bhakta

12/17/2022 09:38:18 pm

Dear sir,
I need your kind authorization to use the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale 8, in order to carry out a Community based research.

This research is based in rural areas of a Low-Middle income country. I cannot afford the fee for the authorization, because it is well beyond my financial resources.

Thank you sir, in anticipation for a favourable response.

Warm regards and God bless you sir.

Utpal Kumar Gogoi

12/23/2022 09:23:05 pm

I am Utpal Kumar Gogoi from India and I am now working on my PhD at Dayanand medical college and hospital which comes under the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences.

I need your kind permission to utilise the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale 8 in order to conduct my study.

I would greatly appreciate it if you could allow me free usage of the scale.

Thank you sir, in anticipation for a favorable response.

Jadeeda k

12/25/2022 09:27:43 am

Hi sir,
Can I use MMAS 8 for my M-pharm thesis work for free of cost.

Jadeeda k

12/26/2022 06:23:42 pm

Respected Sir/Madam.
I am a M pharm student. Writing this is to get permission for using MMAS 8 for my thesis work.
I would like to get
1.Questionnaire.
2.Scoring.
3.Malayalam version if available.
Since I am a student I cannot afford the fee and I request you to give permission for the free use and to proceed with the study.
Thank you.

SUJA

1/9/2023 09:03:58 am

Dear Sir,
I am a middle income country. I have planned to conduct a prospective study to assess the medication adherence among patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Since, its not a funded project I cannot afford the amount to get the licence for the tool. I would be greatful if you allow me to use the MMAS-8 for a sample size of 150. Anticipating a positive response from you.
Thank you

Arum Nur Hidayatun

1/25/2023 08:52:12 am

Dear sir,
I am doing research on medication adherence in patient with multimorbidity .Can you please grant me approach to Morisky Medication Scale 8 to carry out this hospital based research on patient with multimorbidity. This research is based in countryside hospital at Low-Middle income country. I cannot afford the fee for the authorization, because it is well beyond my financial resources.I kindly requesting a free authentication from you

Thank you,best regards!
Arum

Asha Bhattarai

2/5/2023 12:59:51 am

Dear sir,

I am a student doing bachelor of Nursing science in Nepal. I need to complete my research to complete my study during final year and my research is Hospital based. I want to request you to give me your authorization to use 8-item MMAS scale. Your fee is beyond my budget as I am a student I am not earning so, I am kindly requesting you please help me.

abebe chala

3/1/2023 10:50:34 pm

I am a student doing MPH in epidemiology in hospital Ethiopia sodo. I need to complete my research to complete my study during final year and my research is Hospital based. I want to request you to give me your authorization to use 8-item MMAS scale. This research is Hospital based located in a Low income country. I cannot afford the fee for the authorization, because it is well beyond my financial resources.

Jose suresh

3/9/2023 09:19:44 pm

Respected sir,
I Jose Suresh, MBBS student of Government medical college Ernakulam, india would like to request you to kindly give the permission for using MMAS-8 for my undergraduate research purpose under a short term studentship program by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on the topic Adherence to antidiebetic medication and factors associated with non adherence amoung type 2 diabetes patients in central Kerala.
Anticipating a positive response from you
Thankyou.

Anonymous

3/12/2023 11:09:09 am

Permission from Dr. Morisky is required to use the copyrighted Morisky Scales (MMAS-4 and MMAS-8), the most commonly used validated measure of medication non-adherence. Student pricing can be found here. https://www.moriskyscale.com/student-pricing.html#/

ANAND THAMAN

3/11/2023 05:35:11 pm

Respected Sir

I am M.Phil Clinical Psychology student at RINPAS Ranchi, India. I am undertaking a research on by developing self help manual for patients and their family members those coming from rural areas. I have planned to use MMAS-8 in my study. I need your kind permission to use and translate this scale in Hindi for my research please. Further, as the research is not sponsored by any agency and as student, i am bearing all the cost, the payment for this tool is beyond my budget, so please allow to use this as a complementary. I will be highly thankful to you for this kind gesture.
Looking forward to seek your cooperation.

Anonymous

3/12/2023 11:05:19 am

A HUGE ADVANTAGE for using the Morisky Scales is the ability to tailor the health condition and medication(s) with MAPI validated translations.

Additionally, global translations must ensure that what we are asking is actually what is intended to be asked, we partner with an ISO17100:2015 services provider to translate customized questions using medical conditions and complex medication names.

Salma link

3/18/2023 02:30:41 pm

Dear Dr.

I am Salma, A master student in nutrition department I
Kindly ask you to provide me with permission to use MMAS-4
in my Masters' project.

Many Thanks,

Unauthorized use of the Morisky Scale

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