MS-TAQ subscale | No of items | Score | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | Range | Observations | ||
DMT barriers | 13 | 2.181 | 0-39 | 63% of patients reported no barriers (score 0) |
DMT side effects | 10 | 9.302 | 0-40 | Only 11.6% reported no SE (score 0) |
DMT coping strategies | 7 | 1.223 | 0-7 | 36.6% do not use coping strategies |
1 Most common barriers, for 22 patients, were forgetting to administer DMT (58%), not “in the mood” to take DMT (22%) and feeling tired of taking DMT (16%).
2 88.4% of patients reported SE such as injection phobia, injection site reaction and tolerability concerns.
3 15 patients reported SE but no coping strategies in place, maybe because they were not aware of them.