Table 3: Illness perception by adherence level.

Variable

 Adherence

 

Level

 z score

p-value

Low adherence

High adherence

 Mean

 Rank

Consequences

48.86

47.78

-0.187

0.852

Timeline

47.05

49.23

-0.371

0.710

Personal control

39.91

52.80

-2.190

0.029

Treatment control

46.96

51.58

-0.794

0.427

Identity

50.31

47.59

-0.474

0.636

Concern

51.63

42.25

-1.584

0.113

Comprehensibility

46.88

49.31

-0.412

0.680

Emotional representations

54.05

45.73

-1.435

0.010