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Well, I did say that I might have something else up my immaculately cuffed sleeve this year, and here it is! I've used my powers as an omniscient supernatural Christmas being to 'get in' to the Master of Malt checkout. From here I'll be giving away thousands of festive gifts to lucky customers (at least £20,000 worth, in fact!)...
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[Update: He's now giving gifts away at the checkout too!]
Guess who is back... Back once again... #WhiskySanta is back! Tell all your friends and loved ones. Ho ho ho! A bit of the M&M-style wrap for you there. I like to stay current.
That's right, your favourite festive, omniscient, supernatural, heavily-bearded being is back from his holibobs. I may have only had ten months off after last year's festivities (during which I even received a shiny ISC award) but a tinsel-covered alarm clock has gone off somewhere and I'm feeling extremely generous once again! Time to make some lists and check them twice - lists of people using #WhiskySanta, that is - before granting one wish per day for you lucky people for a second year running!
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Greetings one and all to another edition of #MasterofCocktails. If you didn't catch last week's instalment, you might not have seen that we're changing up how we do this - a much less step-by-step affair, though you'll be getting more advanced, exciting recipes, with more focus on presentation and garnish. This week we're going to be using the 'Beast of Dufftown', Mortlach single malt Scotch whisky.
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It's the return of #MasterofCocktails! And there are a few changes to the format... We're going to be making this a much less step-by-step affair - in return though, you'll be getting more advanced, exciting recipes, with more focus on presentation and garnish. We're also moving to once a fortnight, although still at the usual time of 6pm Sunday on twitter and on the blog the very next day.
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Right then everyone. Are we all ready for this week's #MasterofCocktails?
We're going somewhat off-piste this week, making a riff on the Boulevardier, but introducing massive Umami by firstly subbing the Campari for Cynar and secondly garnishing with a pickled Shiitake Mushroom, courtesy of the Pitt Cue Co. Cookbook.
The acid-umami it adds to the drink is truly wonderful, and transformative. If there was ever a cocktail for food...
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Right everyone - ready for another instalment of #MasterofCocktails? This week's is pretty awesome, and has a pretty awesome name too - IL Beetz. I'll explain the reasoning behind that later...
We're putting together this drink using FEW Spirits American Gin - super-rich and 'whisky-like'. It's more than enough to stand up to the rich, roots-y quality of the Beetroot juice we're using.
So - to business.
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Well greetings one and all. Ready for another installment of #MasterofCocktails? Good then.
This week's is a very, very straightforward drink, but one that seems to have fallen somewhat out of favour recently. We're making a Pink Gin recipe. Probably one of the very first Gin cocktails?
The original recipe here calls for simply gin and bitters, served at room temperature, in a tumbler. Not that, obviously.
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Right then, cocktail fans. For this week's #MasterofCocktails, we're going to be making a Salted Caramel Old-Fashioned recipe. Yum yum.
If you're planning on making along with this week's #MasterofCocktails, you're going to need to do a bit of prep a day or so in advance. This includes making the Salted Caramel, dissolving the sugar and salt (as well as fat-washing the whisky), filtering it and adding the bitters.
This will leave you with very little left to do when the time comes to actually serve your Salted Caramel Old-Fashioned, which is quite handy indeed.
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Hi there folks. If you tuned into the @MasterOfMalt Twitter feed on Sunday night for another edition of #MasterofCocktails, you may have noticed it was a bit late. Sorry about that. Been doing a spot of flooring. My whole house smells like young Bourbon. I quite like it.
Right then. Onto today's cocktail. This'n's called 'Flower Arranging with Mr Gumby'. Reasons for the name will become apparent very soon.
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Greetings cocktail-lovers. Who's up for a swift whisky cocktail then? The second #MasterofCocktails whisky cocktail in a row, no less. Is it you?
This week we're making a drink I've named 'The Naked Barista'. The reasons will hopefully become clear as we go through the recipe.
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P.S. he might have put HITS on Harry & Nancy lolllllllllllllll. I think both of them should give 1/2 of their wealth to show they mean what they talk about all the time...That will be the day..
read up on the 1929 crash and depression which followed - this is where we would have been following rtards like santelli and yes romnutz who said let the free market solve the problem.
had it not been for Obama's stimulus a third of which were tax cuts and the QE from the Bernanke - even Paulson - Bush's TS said we would have seen 20% headline unemployment.
Liars never win - which is why romnutz and lyin'ryan are destined to lose this election by a wide margin maybe as much as 80 electoral votes.
agree with others who say reagan was senile and was not running the country for at least the last term of his presidency. which reminds us do not vote for anyone older than 60 years of age for POTUS - romnutz is 65 already entered the senile zone.
ronnie regan? he would have been sleeping, riding his horse, and eating jelly beans, and watching old western movies, remembering the good ol days, kinda like you ! that guy was senile, he wasn't really running the country! jmo
If RR had slept thru the past 4 years he would have done more for the economy than Obama. Obama is perfectly ok with the economy going down the tubes for the past 4 years. And the sad thing is he is going to win again. I guess the American people love misery and want 20 trillion in debt.


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Inspired by American colonial period design, about which Gebelein was a scholar, it has a clean, straightf...
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The elongated cup grips have high shoulders that, which, along with the length of the arms, have beveled edges. The arch i...
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HOUMA -- Five Louisiana legislators gathered Tuesday at the Terrebonne Parish Courthouse to declare their support for fellow Democrat Charlie Melancon in Saturday's election for Congress.
Melancon, D-Napoleonville, faces Republican Billy Tauzin III in the race for the Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District seat.
"We're here because we have a unified support for the No. 1 candidate in this race, Charlie Melancon," state Rep. Damon Baldone of Houma.
Other Democrats supporting Melancon included Sens. Butch Gautreaux of Morgan City and Reggie Dupre of Bourg and Reps. Karen St. Germain of Plaquemine, Carla Blanchard Dartez of Morgan City and Jack Smith of Franklin.
Baldone, Dupre and Gautreaux, all of whom represent parts of Terrebonne Parish, spoke in support of Melancon, saying he would do a better job than his opponent in securing federal money for job growth and coastal restoration.
"Federal legislation is so, so important for this part of the state of Louisiana," Dupre said.
Gautreaux said the choice of Melancon over Tauzin is a "no-brainer."
Melancon's speech following the endorsements was interrupted by heavy rains that drove the group inside to the shelter of the courthouse, but he said that he would be able to make an immediate impact in Congress to save the Louisiana coast.
"This district doesn't have 20 years to give," he said. "We need to act now. We can't even think about the coast coming up to Lockport or Houma."
Once inside the courthouse, Melancon described himself as pro-life and anti-gun control, saying his beliefs do not fit the idea of a "wide-eyed liberal," a label he says Tauzin's campaign has falsely tried to put on him.
Melancon touted his experience as a job creator, state legislator, small businessman and top leader of the state's sugar industry. He said his experience and record stands in stark contrast to his opponent, who has no legislative experience or record.
"If he was Billy Jones or Billy Smith or even Billy Melancon, he would be a noncontender," Melancon said of Tauzin.
Vice President Dick Cheney was in Houma today and was expected to give a speech at about 11 a.m. in support of Tauzin. President Bush has also come out in support of Tauzin, whose latest campaign ads include video of the two together.
Melancon, meanwhile, was scheduled to spend much of the day in Lafourche Parish. A campaign stop was also scheduled around noon in New Iberia, where Democratic Gov. Kathleen Blanco, who has endorsed Melancon, was scheduled to speak.
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Peter Mio, Singer / Musician / Composer born in Brooklyn, N.Y. At the age of two settled into the Howard Beach section of Queens, N.Y. where I would hear the early influences of Neapolitan music from my relatives.
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In my late 20's I soloed with the advent of modern pro keyboards and their built in accompaniments as well as a new found item called the stereo backround track.
While I sing with many different influences each tune is clearly in the unique style of Peter Mio.
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Mar 11, 2014 (Fast Lane via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Multi-Sector Holdings industry with the lowest price to sales per share ratios. Often companies with the lowest ratio present the greatest value to investors.Compass Diversified (NASDAQ:CODI) is lowest with a price to sales ratio of 0.91. Compass Diversified Holdings, through subsidiaries, offers a wide range of products and services. The Company's products and services include coating systems, manufacturing industrial drying and cooling equipment, upholstered stationary and motion furniture, medical support surfaces, patient positioning devices, printed circuit boards, promotional products, and staffing services. There is potential upside of 7.9% for shares of Compass Diversified based on a current price of $18.30 and an average consensus analyst price target of $19.75. Compass Diversified shares should encounter resistance at the 50-day moving average (MA) of $18.59 and support at its 200-day MA of $18.15.
This news plus what Taffy determined does not add up, I`m staying a little longer because my buy-in is $10.16. I believe summer, warmer weather, will bring more business to CODI Holdings, we'll see.
Sentiment: Hold
The problem we have here is that CODI is externally managed..mgmt is therefore more tuned in to scoring its'own bonuses through acquisitions etc rather than aligned with raising the dividends,on a routine basis..CODI also should have dumped the medical devices and furniture subsidiaries a long time ago...both are just a waste of time and energy...and trying to run businesses based in California from the East Coast is questionable...manufacturing should be based in low cost states like Texas and next door in Mexico. If the auto industry can shift to Mexico so can FOX , Camelbak,Ergo Baby..and the circuit board operation should be in Mexico,too.


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Sept. 21, 2013
LONG BEACH - The Long Beach State women's soccer team made a statement on Saturday night as it defeated 11th-ranked and 2012 NCAA Elite Eight participant BYU, 1-0, in front of 1,082 fans at George Allen Field.
The win was the 49ers' second of the season over a ranked team as they also beat then No. 23 Texas Tech on Sept. 1. In addition, LBSU handed the Cougars just their second loss of the year and fourth in their last 32 outings (dating back to 2011).
Long Beach State, which has won five of its last six, improved to 5-3-0, while BYU dropped to 5-2-1.
Freshman Mimi Rangel scored the lone goal early in the first half and the 49er defense held strong the rest of the way. Sophomore goalkeeper Kaci McCain led that effort with three saves, including a huge stop with 3:30 left in regulation. It was McCain's second shutout of the season.
Junior Taylor Nelson also anchored the back line making some key plays that kept the Cougars' offense out of sync.
LBSU totaled seven shots, including five on frame. Rangel and freshman Hannah Reed finished with two apiece.
In the 14th minute, sophomore Hannah Sanders sent a through pass to senior Eileen Maes, who was able to beat an oncoming BYU goalkeeper to the ball, but she was taken down in a collision at the top of the box, and Long Beach State was awarded a free kick. From the middle and just outside the 18-yard line, Rangel proceeded to deliver a perfect shot that went over a five-person Cougar wall and curled into the upper right corner at the 13:24 mark. It was Rangel's third goal of the season and her second game-winner.
The 49ers held onto the momentum for the rest of the period, finishing the half with a 5-to-2 advantage in shot attempts.
The second period was more of a back-and-forth affair, but BYU started to apply pressure late in the game. That is when McCain stepped up with a huge stop in the 87th minute. Colette Jepson Smith had an open look inside the box and drilled a shot that was headed to the far post, but McCain made a diving save, knocking the ball out of harm's way.
BYU compiled nine shots, but only three were on goal. Jepson Smith and Ashley Hatch led the team with three attempts each.
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Nicolas John Testoni (born 1972 in Wollongong, Australia) is a Sydney-based actor and television presenter most notable for his Logie Award winning role of Travis Nash in Home and Away from 1995 to 1999. Upon finishing school in 1989, he took up an offer from a modeling agency and worked in Europe and Japan. Nic began his television career in 1992 co-hosting Network Ten's youth music show Level 23. In 1993 he was one of the principal cast in the television comedy Over The Hill. In 1996 Nic hosted Sydney Children's Hospital Telethon alongside Julia Morris, and Space Probe 7 with Melissa George for Seven Network. He was also a guest presenter and producer on ABC's Recovery. In 1997 Nic was chosen as ambassador for the NSW Epilepsy Association. In 2000, he had a guest role in the Canadian science fiction / fantasy television series BeastMaster. Nic wrote and produced the documentary film Mr Patterns depicting the life of Geoff Bardon, which screened on ABC in 2005. Nic received the Melbourne Airport Award for Emerging Australian Filmmaker at the 2004 Melbourne International Film Festival.
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Developing the Diagnostic Adherence to Medication Scale (the DAMS) for use in clinical practice
Organization, structure and delivery of healthcare
There is a need for an adherence measure, to monitor adherence services in clinical practice, which can distinguish between different types of non-adherence and measure changes over time. In order to be inclusive of all patients it needs to be able to be administered to both patients and carers and to be suitable for patients taking multiple medications for a range of clinical conditions. A systematic review found that no adherence measure met all these criteria. We therefore wished to develop a theory based adherence scale (the DAMS) and establish its content, face and preliminary construct validity in a primary care population.
The DAMS (consisting of 6 questions) was developed from theory by a multidisciplinary team and the questions were initially tested in small patient populations. Further to this, patients were recruited when attending a General Practice and interviewed using the DAMS and two other validated self-reported adherence measures, theMorisky-8 and Lu questionnaires. A semi-structured interview was used to explore acceptability and reasons for differences in responses between the DAMS and the other measures. Descriptive data were generated and Spearman rank correlation tests were used to identify associations between the DAMS and the other adherence measures.
One hundred patients completed the DAMS in an average of 1 minute 28 seconds and reported finding it straightforward to complete. An adherence score could not be calculated for the 4(4%) patients only taking 'when required' medication. Thirty six(37.5%) of the remaining patients reported some non-adherence. Adherence ratings of the DAMS were significantly associated with levels of self reported adherence on all other measures Spearman Rho 0.348-0.719, (p < 0.01). Differences in trends could generally be explained by qualitative data.
The DAMS has been developed for routine monitoring of adherence in clinical practice. It was acceptable to patients taking single or multiple medication and valid when tested against other adherence measures. However, 'when required' medication needs to be excluded. Further tests of the DAMS against objective measures such as MEMS are in progress and reliability needs to be established. Further investigation of the carers' version of the DAMS is required.
The Department of Health (DoH) in England has identified the need to build informed, comprehensive, primary care-based medication adherence services which are tailored to patients' needs
We have identified the need for a self report adherence measure, which can be used to regularly monitor and continuously improve the quality of adherence services
Self report has been considered the method of choice for measuring non-adherence in clinical practice
To develop a theory based adherence scale (the Diagnostic Adherence to Medication Scale-DAMS) and establish its content, face and preliminary construct validity in a primary care population.
Development of DAMS
The Diagnostic Adherence to Medication Scale (DAMS) was developed as a short self-report questionnaire based on patients' recall of doses missed or doses taken additionally during a 7 day period (see Additional file
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Theoretical basis of DAMS
The DAMS is rooted in the accident causation framework
We chose to measure adherence as a continuous scale to allow the detection and quantification of changes in adherence levels over time, which will enable use of continuous quality improvement approaches
We chose to ask about adherence over the last seven days so that the DAMS could, if necessary, be used repeatedly over relatively short periods of time and measure change in adherence. It was also felt that asking about the last seven days would result in less recall problems than a longer time period.
To reduce the social desirability effect, the questions of the DAMS are framed in a non-judgemental way to assure the patients that non-adherence is common and many patients miss doses at times. The DAMS items therefore use the framing "People often miss taking doses of their medicines, for a whole range of reasons. Thinking of the last 7 days…" before asking about the patient's own medicine taking behaviour.
In primary care patients are often treated for multiple conditions. Therefore the DAMS is designed to be generic rather than disease specific and to be suitable for patients taking a single medication or multiple medications for different conditions. The DAMS does not include timing errors as exact timing is only important for a small minority of medications.
Ethics approval was obtained from NRES Committee London prior to the commencement of testing of the DAMS.
Initial testing of the DAMS
During the development process we tested the DAMS on a small convenience sample of patients several times. This was an iterative process of constantly adjusting the wording to make it clearer and gradually extending the sample it was tested on. Following this, to test patient acceptability further we used the DAMS as part of adherence audits in patients taking oral therapy for chronic myeloid leukaemia (n =32 convenience sample during outpatient clinics) and a range of primary care patients (n = 67 random sample) using an existing pharmacy based service designed to help patients with adherence difficulties. The latter sample was mostly elderly. Following these audits further adjustments were made to make the DAMS more user friendly; an additional question for patients who could not remember the names of their medicines was added. At this stage we then wished to test the DAMS in a wider primary care population.
Testing the DAMS in a wider primary care population
The population was all patients attending a primary care general practice and their carers where appropriate. The general practice consisted of two centres for health in separate locations which incorporated walk in centres as well as surgeries for regular patients. As this was an exploratory study, a convenience sample of primary care patients was recruited. However, the two centres together serve a diverse range of patients from different socio-economic backgrounds which we believe to be representative of primary care patients.
A sample size of 100 patients was chosen to enable us to explore acceptability and ease of use in a general practice population.
Inclusion criteria
Patients attending an appointment at the general practice surgery who were taking at least one prescribed medication. Carers of patients attending appointments at the general practice surgery and using prescribed medication. (All forms of medication were included).
Exclusion criteria
Patients not taking medication; patients who were unable to give informed consent, patients not speaking English and children under the age of eighteen.
Patients were approached in the waiting room of the general practice surgeries. The researcher explained the study to them and showed them the information leaflet. Patients who wished to participate signed a consent form. This included an additional option for patients to consent to the researcher viewing their medical records. If patients did not have the capacity to consent they were excluded and their carer was asked to participate instead. In these cases the carer signed the consent form and medical records were not viewed.
Data Collection
Patients were interviewed in a private room at the general practice. With consent, the interview was audio recorded. The researcher interviewed the patient using the research instruments described below. The questions were read out to the interviewee in relation to all prescribed medication. The order of administering the three scales (described in the next section) was alternated between patients to reduce the potential contamination effect of the order of questions on response. The carer was interviewed where a patient was unable to consent or where they consented but indicated they would prefer the carer to answer the questions. If written consent had been obtained from the patient, the researcher accessed patients' medical records in order to obtain a list of the name and dosage of medications which had been prescribed.
We used three adherence instruments: the DAMS, Morisky- 8
1) The DAMS is a new self report measure of adherence which has novel properties that support the finding of practical solutions to non-adherence (see the development section above).
2) The Morisky Eight Item Medication Adherence Scale (Morisky-8) is an adherence measure which has been previously validated in over 1,000 patients with hypertension
3) Lu et al
A semi-structured interview addressed the acceptability, face and content validity by asking patients or carers for feedback on acceptability of the measures and ease of understanding. Construct validity was also assessed by exploring reasons for differences in the responses to the three measures. These included direct questions about the differences in responses as well as indirect questions further exploring patient's medication taking behaviour.
Data was entered onto Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 15 (SPSS). We investigated acceptability by identifying time to completion, missing data and patients' qualitative comments about the instruments. We used Spearman rank correlation tests to compare the extent of adherence between the DAMS and the other adherence measures. We then investigated differences in trends between the three instruments and used the qualitative responses patients gave to the questions to understand these differences further using content analysis.
Results and discussion
Sample and response
One hundred and sixty four (62%) out of 266 individuals approached agreed to take part. Of those, 100 (62%) were currently taking medication or were the carer of the patient currently taking medication. Forty two (42%) were male and 58 (58%) were female. In 95 (95%) cases the patient was interviewed, in four cases (4%) the carer was interviewed and in one case (1%) both the patient and carer were interviewed. The range of medicines that had been prescribed indicated a range of clinical conditions. The number of medicines reported as being taken by patients is shown in Figure
Figure 1
Number of Medicines that respondents were taking
Number of Medicines that respondents were taking.
Of those declining to participate, 59 (58%) gave reasons. The most commonly cited reasons included not having sufficient English to give consent (n = 16, 25%), not wishing to move from the waiting area to another room (n = 9, 15%), being called in for their appointment before being interviewed and leaving the surgery straight after (n = 9, 15%) and not feeling well enough (n = 6, 10%).
The measures were not time consuming to complete with the DAMS taking a mean of 1 minute 28 seconds to complete, the Morisky a mean of 1 minute 18 seconds and the Lu a mean of 40.2 seconds. There was a significant moderate correlation between the number of medicines being taken and the time taken to complete the DAMS (spearman 0.61, p = 0.01) which suggests it could take longer than the average time to complete for patients on a large number of medicines. Patients generally commented that the questions were straightforward and easy to answer although there were some difficulties with individual questions of each of the instruments. These difficulties and any subsequent missing data varied between instruments and are described below.
DAMS: For four (4%) of patients, we were not able to calculate an adherence score for DAMS because they had only been prescribed 'when required' medication; there was therefore no denominator of how much medication they had been prescribed to take. This is a limitation of the DAMS. Questions one and two enabled a denominator to be calculated in every case where regular medication was prescribed. In all cases where patients had missed doses or taken extra medication it was possible to classify them as intentionally or unintentionally non-adherent. Whilst other studies have found that patients find it difficult to report a specific number of doses missed
Morisky-8: In four cases (4%), Morisky-8 was not relevant, as a carer was the respondent and there is no carers' version. Excluding these cases, we were able to calculate a Morisky-8 score and assign an adherence category for 83 (86%) of respondents. For the remaining 13 (14%) of respondents this was not possible as one or more items were missing. The overall volume of missing data was fairly consistent across items. Some specific issues were identified with some items which explained some missing data: item four (When you travel or leave home do you sometimes forget to bring along your medication?) was reported to be irrelevant to one respondent as he was on once daily medication and did not travel, one respondent was unable to answer question five (Did you take your medicine yesterday?) as he had taken some but not all his medication the day before, one respondent was unable to answer question six (When you feel like your condition is under control do you sometimes stop taking your medicine?) because he had consulted the doctor about stopping when his condition was under control and was following their advice and one respondent was unable to answer question seven (Taking medication is a real inconvenience for some people. Do you ever feel hassled about sticking to your treatment plan?) because he had only just started the medication. Whilst not a cause of missing data, respondents identified difficulties with other questions during the qualitative part of the interview. Some respondents found it difficult to choose a yes or no response to question one (Do you sometimes forget to take your medication?) if they rarely forgot. Some respondents interpreted question two (People sometimes miss taking their medication for reasons other than forgetting. Over the past two weeks were there any days when you did not take your medicine?) as referring to both intentional and non intentional non-adherence, and some only to intentional. Some interviewees found it difficult to answer question three (Have you ever cut back or stopped taking your medication because you felt worse when you took it?) as they reported they had stopped medication and then told the doctor at the next appointment. For question six (When you feel like your condition is under control do you sometimes stop taking your medication?) some respondents reported that they stopped taking medication when their condition was under control as it was a 'when required' medication. This led to false positive results.
Lu: The Lu questionnaire
Verification of self reported prescribed medication with medication records
As the regular GP practice was combined with a walk in clinic, medication records were not available for the majority of patients. Patients' medication was verified by medication records in 20 (20%) of cases. In ten (50%) of these cases the self reported number and dosage of medication on the DAMS corresponded with medication records. In a further six cases (30%) the medication records corresponded with the DAMS apart from 'when required' medication; it is possible that patients were using previous supplies of 'when required' medication that did not appear on recent records and that patients did not always state their 'when required' medication at interview. Medication prescribed 'when required' could not be included in the DAMS adherence rating calculation; therefore in a total of 16 (80%) of cases the adherence score would have been identical whether medication records or self report was used to identify prescribed medication. In five (20%) of cases the number or dose of medication prescribed differed between self report and medication records.
Reported adherence levels
Self reported adherence levels were examined for each of the three adherence measures.
DAMS: To calculate a DAMS score a denominator of the total amount of medication prescribed to be taken in a week was needed. The two possibilities were either to use medication records or patients' self report of medication prescribed. As described above, medication records were only available for a small proportion of patients. In addition, we wished to test the DAMS as a complete measure of self reported adherence. Therefore patients' self report of medication prescribed was used. The resulting mean levels of self reported adherence according to the DAMS are shown in Table
Four patients (4%) had been non-adherent by taking extra medication. In three cases (75%) this was reported to be intentional and in the fourth case (25%) both intentional and unintentional non-adherence were reported.
Morisky-8: The total Morisky-8 score ranged from 1 to 8 with the mean score being 5.86 (standard deviation 1.82). The number of patients classified as high, medium and low adherers are shown in Table
Lu: The vast majority of respondents reported taking medication most or all of the time (See Table
Comparisons between measures
Figure 2
Comparison of adherence measures
Comparison of adherence measures.
Morisky-8 vs DAMS: The majority of differences between Morisky-8 and DAMS could be explained by there having been differing adherence levels at different points in time. The DAMS asks about adherence in the last seven days whereas one item of the Morisky-8 asks about the previous day, one item asks about the previous 14 days and the remaining six items do not specify a time period.
This explanation of differing adherence levels at different points of time was initially seen when analysing low adherers on the Morisky-8. Whilst respondents reporting no missed doses on DAMS were more likely to be high or medium adherers than low adherers on Morisky-8, 13 (36%) respondents classified as low adherers on Morisky-8 reported no missed doses on the DAMS. Seven (54%) of these cases can be fully explained by the fact that the majority of Morisky-8 questions do not ask about a specific time period, whereas the DAMS specifically asks about the last seven days. Therefore respondents reported that they had exhibited some non-adherent behaviours at some point in their lives but not in the previous seven days. In four further cases (31%) patients had been non-adherent in the last 14 days and therefore responded positively to question two of the Morisky-8 (People sometimes miss taking their medication for reasons other than forgetting. Over the past two weeks were there any days when you did not take your medicine?) but had not been non-adherent in the last seven days and therefore did not report non adherence on the DAMS. In three cases (21%) respondents were able to explain this change in recent adherence due to having been unwell or on holiday. In one case (8%) an interviewee responded that they had not taken their medication yesterday on question five of the Morisky-8 as it was not prescribed to be taken every day.
Due to the trend of differing adherence at different time periods observed with low adherers, a further analysis was done of all respondents reporting that they had missed doses in the last 14 days or yesterday on Morisky-8 and reporting no missed doses on DAMS. In all three cases where respondents reported that they had not taken their medication yesterday (on the Morisky-8) but had not missed any doses (on the DAMS) the medication had not been prescribed to be taken on the previous day, either because it was a weekly medication or because the course had been completed. Only six respondents had missed doses in the last 14 days (Morisky-8) but had not missed any in the last seven days (DAMS) and in four of these cases, the respondent was able to offer a reason for the difference in adherence.
Whilst most of the differences between the Morisky-8 and DAMS could be explained by time period some other factors were observed. Four high adherers on Morisky-8 reported missed doses on DAMS. In two cases this could be explained by the fact that Morisky-8 asks about 'your medication' rather than 'all your medication' so respondents said that they had taken their medication the previous day even though they had missed some of their medication(s). The time at which medication had been taken was another cause of difference in reported adherence, with some patients taking their medication at a later time (which is usually not critical for effectiveness) and reporting this on either scale as a missed or forgotten dose.
Lu is compared to DAMS in three ways, according to the reporting method.
Lu frequency vs DAMS: Eight of the one hundred respondents reported being fully adherent on the DAMS but taking their medication less than all the time in the last seven days on the Lu. Conversely two respondents reported missing doses on DAMS but taking their medication all the time in the last seven days on Lu. Four of these discrepancies could be explained. In two of the ten cases where there were discrepancies these were due to patients taking 'when required' medication. The LU does not distinguish between different medicines and therefore patients on a mixture of 'when required' and regular medicine did not state that they had taken all their medication all the time if they had only taken the 'when required' medicine occasionally. In one case a respondent had only just been prescribed the medication so had not taken it all the time in the last seven days but had not missed a dose and one respondent had insufficient English to understand the frequency question.
Lu percentage vs DAMS: Eight (8%) respondents reported being fully adherent on the DAMS but being able to take their medication less than 100% of the time exactly as their doctors had prescribed according to Lu. In five cases this was due to incorrect timing and in one case the respondent had only been prescribed the medication from the day before. In two cases there was no explanation for the discrepancy. Four respondents reported missing doses on the DAMS but taking their medication as prescribed 100% of the time on the Lu. In two cases the discrepancy was due to timing errors and in one case the patient had missed doses when he had wanted to drink alcohol on Saturday but his doctor had said it was ok to miss doses in these circumstances so he had in essence still taken his medication as his doctor had prescribed 100% of the time. In the fourth case no explanation was given.
Lu rating vs DAMS: In 24/100 cases respondents rated their ability to take their medication as less than excellent but reported missing no doses according to the DAMS and in only six cases respondents rated their ability as excellent but reported that they had missed doses. This is an interesting finding as Lu et al found that the rating question more closely resembled 'objective' measures than the frequency and percentage measures. It is not clear why patients rate their ability to take medication lower than their actual medication behaviour and an explanation was only offered by five (19%) respondents. For example one respondent had not missed any doses but rated his ability as good because he finds inhaler technique difficult. However, as noted above this question was thought to be unclear by many respondents and it also emerged that different respondents interpreted the question differently. The rating question is asking for a value judgement rather than actual medication taking behaviour and respondents may avoid extremes and rating themselves as excellent.
Several limitations need to be acknowledged. This study has focused on establishing face and content validity of the DAMS and preliminary construct validity when compared to other self report measures. However, further testing is needed to establish validity against other measures, such as the Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS) , where the medication lid contains a microchip which records every opening of the medicine container. Further validation of the DAMS is underway including the use of the DAMS in a large clinical trial. In addition, reliability of the DAMs needs to be established.
We changed the time period over which adherence was measured in the Lu questionnaire. Whilst this may have affected the psychometric properties of the Lu scale, we were not using it as a gold standard measure here. Rather, we wished to explore differences between different question types and response options; and the Lu questionnaire with the three different response options was a useful comparator.
The comparison of patient medication records against self reported medication history on the DAMS could only be established in a small number of patients (n = 16), which was a limitation to this part of the analysis.
We recruited patients who were attending appointments at the primary care practice which meant that housebound patients needing home visits would not have been included in this study. However face and content validity of the DAMS has previously been established in a population of patients using a pharmacy service designed for people with adherence problems, many of whom were housebound.
Adherence levels captured by the three different adherence instruments are in agreement when measuring patients' medication taking behaviour in a primary care population of patients attending general practice. All struggled with 'as required' medication which we think should be excluded from these measures. On further analysis, differences in trends between the DAMS and the other two adherence measures could mostly be explained by qualitative data, although the Lu rating question needs further clarification. The association of the DAMS with two validated adherence instruments provides some validation for the new instrument. The DAMS was developed specifically to meet the criteria for routinely monitoring adherence in clinical practice, as well as supporting the development and evaluation of adherence enhancing interventions. It was able to measure type and extent of non-adherence thereby aiding in the identification of appropriate interventions and measuring change in adherence over time; it also has the advantage of having a carers' version. In summary, the DAMS has now been tested in a range of populations including housebound patients, patients attending general practice appointments and a secondary care population. Further tests of the DAMS against objective measures such as MEMS are in progress and reliability needs to be established. Testing of the carers' version of the DAMS is at the preliminary stage and further investigation is required.
DAMS: Diagnostic Adherence to Medicines Scale; MEMS: Medication Event Monitoring System; UK: United Kingdom; NHS: National Health Service; DoH: Department of Health; Morisky-8: Morisky Eight Item Medication Adherence Scale.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
SG was involved in the conceptualisation, development and initial testing of the DAMS, conducted the study and wrote the paper. LE was involved in the conceptualisation, development and initial testing of the DAMS, statistical testing and editing the paper. SC was involved in the conceptualisation, development and initial testing of the DAMS. AW was involved in the conceptualisation of the DAMS and editing of the paper. NB was involved in the conceptualisation and development of the DAMS and editing the paper. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Authors' information
SG is a postdoctoral researcher at The School of Pharmacy, University College London whose research interests include adherence, concordance and medicines safety. LE was a research associate at Imperial College London, at the time this research was designed and conducted. Her research interests include medicine adherence in chronic illness, use of oral oncology drugs and behavioural change interventions. She is currently Lead Health Psychology Specialist at Atlantis Healthcare.
SC was a Lecturer at The School of Pharmacy, University College London, at the time this research was designed and conducted. She is now a Research Scientist at UnitedBioSource Corporation, Bethesda, MD in the USA.
AW is joint director of the 1000 Lives Plus programme, a Director of the National Leadership and Innovation Agency in Wales, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Swansea University, an Associate of the Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care at the University of Glamorgan and Visiting Professor at the School of Pharmacy, University College London. He was recently made a fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
NB is Professor in the Department of Practice and Policy at the School of Pharmacy, University College London, and a Visiting Professor in Patient Safety at Harvard Medical School. He is director of research and education at The Health Foundation.
We are grateful to the National Leadership and Innovation for Healthcare, NHS Wales for providing funding for the research and to the practice and patients who participated in the study.
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