Adherence to medication: A nation-wide study from the Children’s Cancer Hospital, Egypt

Figure 1 Study population. ICU: Intensive care unit.

Figure 2 Non-adherent and adherent parents’ report. A: The difficulty in following the prescribed medical regimen and whether they found it relevant or not. The exact questions were as follows: Was it difficult to follow the recommendations Did you find it relevant Answer alternatives: Yes/no. B: Non-adherent parents’ reported reasons for their child’s non-adherence to the prescribed medical regimen. Multiple answer alternatives were possible. Info denotes information. The exact question was phrased as follows: If the recommendations were difficult to follow; what were the main reasons C: Non-adherent and adherent parents’ reported trust in physicians and other health-care professionals. The exact questions were as follows: How much do you trust your child’s doctors How much do you trust the health-care professionals Answer alternatives: none, a little, moderate, much. The answering categories moderate or much were considered as having trust.