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Morisky, Green, Levine Scale
MGL

Morisky Green Levine Scale
The original 4-item scale, is referred to in literature as the "Medication Assessment Questionnaire" (MGL MAQ) developed and applied in baseline and post-intervention interviews with patients in the Johns Hopkins studies of hypertension control (Morisky, Green, Levine, et al). The MGL MAQ is in the public domain and is widely cited in peer-reviewed journals.

BACKGROUND: Adherence to the medical regimen continues to rank as a major clinical problem in the management of patients with essential hypertension, as in other conditions treated with drugs and life-style modification. This article reviews the psychometric properties and tests the concurrent and predictive validity of a structured four-item self-reported adherence measure (alpha reliability = 0.61), which can be easily integrated into the medical visit. Items in the scale address barriers to medication-taking and permit the health care provider to reinforce positive adherence behaviors. Data on patient adherence to the medical regimen were collected at the end of a formalized 18-month educational program. Blood pressure measurements were recorded throughout a 3-year follow-up period. Results showed the scale to demonstrate both concurrent and predictive validity with regard to blood pressure control at 2 years and 5 years, respectively. Seventy-five percent of the patients who scored high on the four-item scale at year 2 had their blood pressure under adequate control at year 5, compared with 47% under control at year 5 for those patients scoring low (P less than 0.01).
Morisky DE, Green LW, Levine DM. Concurrent and predictive validity of a self-reported measure of medication adherence. Med Care. 1986;24(1):67-74. PMID: 3945130

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"The team are grateful to Professor Donald E Morisky, Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health, for granting copyright permission to use the MMAS-8 adherence tool for this research." Online Issue March 2020 - BMJ Quality & Safety 2020;29:286-295
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