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Table 3 Internal consistency of original Morisky and five-item-structured questionnaires

From: Estimates of adherence to treatment of vivax malaria

Measure of adherence to treatment

Morisky

Five-item

Dichotomous (n = 66)

0.609

0.508

Likert (n = 69)

0.672

0.717

Likert dichotomized (n = 69)

0.630

0.657

Overall dichotomous (n = 135)

0.621

0.599

  1. Cronbach’s alpha values.