DRUG ATTITUDE INVENTORY (DAI-30)

Name (please print)
Date

The aim of this questionnaire is to gain some understanding of what people think about medications and what experiences people have of them. Your answers will be used for research purposes only, are strictly confidential and will in no way affect your treatment.

How to fill in this questionnaire;-

Read each statement and decide whether it is true as applied to you or false as applied to you.
If a statement is TRUE or MOSTLY TRUE to you, circle the T at the end of the line.
If a statement is FALSE or MOSTLY FALSE to you, circle the F at the end of the line.
If you want to change an answer, mark an X over the incorrect answer and circle the correct answer
If a statement is not worded quite the way you would put it, please decide whether the answer is mostly true or mostly false to you.

There are no right or wrong answers. Please give YOUR OWN OPINION, not what you think we might want to hear.

Do not spend too much time on any one question.
Please answer every question.
The medications referred to are those for mental health needs only.

MEDICATION QUESTIONNAIRE

Your name;-

Date;-

1.	I don't need to take medication once I feel better	T F
2.	For me, the good things about medication outweigh the bad	T F
3.	I feel strange, "doped up", on medication	T F
4.	Even when I am not in hospital I need medication regularly	T F
5.	If I take medication, it's only because of pressure from other people	T F
6.	I am more aware of what I am doing, of what is going on around me, when I am on medication	T F
7.	Taking medications will do me no harm	T F
8.	I take medications of my own free choice	T F
9.	Medications make me feel more relaxed	T F
10.	I am no different on or off medication	T F
11.	The unpleasant effects of medication are always present	T F
12.	Medication makes me feel tired and sluggish	T F
13.	I take medication only when I feel ill	T F
14.	Medications are slow-acting poisons	T F
15.	I get along better with people when I am on medication	T F
16.	I can't concentrate on anything when I am taking medication	T F
17.	I know better than the doctors when to stop taking medication	T F
18.	I feel more normal on medication	T F
19.	I would rather be ill then taking medication	T F
20.	It is unnatural for my mind and body to be controlled by medications	T F
21.	My thoughts are clearer on medication	T F
22.	I should keep taking medication even if I feel well	T F
23.	Taking medication will prevent me from having a breakdown	T F
24.	It is up to the doctor to decide when I should stop taking medication	T F
25.	Things that I could do easily are much more difficult when I am on medication	T F
26.	I am happier and feel better when I am taking medications	T F
27.	I am given medication to control behaviour that other people (not myself) don't like	T F
28.	I can't relax on medication	T F
29.	I am in better control of myself when taking medication	T F
30.	By staying on medications I can prevent myself getting sick	T F

If you have any further comments about medication or this questionnaire, please write them below;-

SCORING

Drug Attitude Inventory (DAI-30)

Adapted from "A self-report scale predictive of drug compliance in schizophrenics: reliability and discriminative validity", Hogan TP, Awad AG, Eastwood R, Psychological Medicine 1983, 13, 177-183.

The scale has 15 items that will be scored as True and 15 scored as False if the person is fully compliant (positive subjective response).

"Positive" answers will be as follows and score as plus one:

1 F 11 F 21 T

2 T 12 F 22 T

3 F 13 F 23 T

4 T 14 F 24 T

5 F 15 T 25 F

6 T 16 F 26 T

7 T 17 F 27 F

8 T 18 T 28 F

9 T 19 F 29 T

10 F 20 F 30 T

"Negative" answers score as minus one

e.g. a circle round the above letters counts as plus one (e.g. a circle or tick on the F of question one will score plus one, a circle or tick on the T of question one will score minus one).

The final score for each person at each time is the positive score minus the negative score.

A positive total final score means a positive subjective response (compliant). A negative total score means a negative subjective response (non-compliant).