Distribution of responses to items in the Support with Medication Management Scale assessment of functional social support
| Question: how often does someone else: | n (%) |
| Come with to medical appointments | |
| Always | 67 (19.8) |
| Often | 15 (4.4) |
| Sometimes | 47 (13.9) |
| Rarely | 35 (10.4) |
| Never | 174 (51.5) |
| Call physician when running out of medicines | |
| Always | 33 (9.8) |
| Often | 7 (2.1) |
| Sometimes | 26 (7.7) |
| Rarely | 16 (4.7) |
| Never | 256 (75.7) |
| Call pharmacy for refills | |
| Always | 43 (12.7) |
| Often | 9 (2.7) |
| Sometimes | 27 (8.0) |
| Rarely | 22 (6.5) |
| Never | 237 (70.1) |
| Bring prescriptions to pharmacy to be filled | |
| Always | 55 (16.3) |
| Often | 14 (4.2) |
| Sometimes | 45 (13.3) |
| Rarely | 31 (9.2) |
| Never | 193 (57.1) |
| Pick up medicines at pharmacy | |
| Always | 63 (19.0) |
| Often | 13 (4.0) |
| Sometimes | 63 (19.0) |
| Rarely | 45 (13.6) |
| Never | 147 (44.4) |
| Remind to take asthma controller medicine | |
| Always | 24 (7.1) |
| Often | 5 (1.5) |
| Sometimes | 30 (8.9) |
| Rarely | 23 (6.8) |
| Never | 256 (75.7) |
| Remind to take other medicines | |
| Always | 32 (9.6) |
| Often | 7 (2.1) |
| Sometimes | 30 (9.0) |
| Rarely | 22 (6.6) |
| Never | 244 (72.8) |
| Ask physician what new medicines is for | |
| Always | 31 (9.2) |
| Often | 7 (2.1) |
| Sometimes | 19 (5.6) |
| Rarely | 15 (4.4) |
| Never | 266 (78.7) |