방법 비교

	Medication Regimen Complexity Index (MRCI)	Tablet Questionnaire for Medication Adherence
분야	약리학	약리학
계열	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
기원 연도	2012	2012
창시자	Morgado, Rolo, and Castelo-Branco	Adeniji and Brown
유형	Clinician-rated	Self-report
원전	Morgado, M., Rolo, S., & Castelo-Branco, M. (2012). Pharmacotherapy, 32(7), 652-660. (Original MRCI); Semla, T., & Beizer, J. (2018). American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.	Adeniji, B., & Brown, C. (2012). Tablet Questionnaire: A simple tool to assess medication non-adherence. Annals of African Medicine, 11(4), 202-205.
별칭	MRCI	Tablet Questionnaire, TAB-Q
관련	4	4
요약	The Medication Regimen Complexity Index (MRCI) is a clinician-administered quantitative measure that objectively assesses the complexity of a patient's medication regimen based on the number of medications, frequency of dosing, and form of administration. Developed by Morgado, Rolo, and Castelo-Branco in 2012, the MRCI quantifies an important adherence barrier—the complexity of taking multiple medications with different schedules and administration routes. The MRCI is unique among adherence tools in that it measures an objective regimen characteristic (not patient behavior or belief), making it useful for deprescribing decisions, medication reconciliation, and identifying high-risk patients for non-adherence due to complexity.	The Tablet Questionnaire is a brief, simple self-report tool designed to assess medication non-adherence through direct questions about dose-skipping behavior and reasons for non-adherence. Developed by Adeniji and Brown in 2012, it prioritizes simplicity and cultural accessibility, making it particularly valuable in low-resource settings and populations with limited health literacy. Despite its brevity, the measure demonstrates good sensitivity for detecting non-adherence and has been validated across African and international populations.