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Think Before You Take: Understanding Adult Medication Literacy in Saudi Arabia [PDF]

Patient Preference and Adherence
Faten Alhomoud,1 Walaa Alsaeed,1 Fatimah Alzainaldain,1 Kawthar Alelq,1 Farah Kais Alhomoud,1 Khalid A Alamer,1 Mohammed M Alsultan,1 Yousef Saeed Alqarni,1 Bashayer Alshehail,1 Abdullah A Alhifany2 1Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy ...
Alhomoud F, Alsaeed W, Alzainaldain F, Alelq K, Alhomoud FK, Alamer KA, Alsultan MM, Alqarni YS, Alshehail B, Alhifany AA   +9 more
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Medication Competence, Numeracy, and Health Literacy

Health Literacy Research and Practice, 2019
Two studies investigated the association between medication literacy and numeracy. Study 1 revealed an association between both variables in a sample of adults.
Kevin M. Gutierrez, Lawrence D. Cohn
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Impact of the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model Based Medication Literacy Intervention on Medication Self-Management Capacity in Stroke Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]

Patient Preference and Adherence
Linlin Ma,1,2,* Zhimin Liu,3,* Xueru Chen,2 Qian Zhang,2 Tianyu Chu,2 Xian Chen,2 Jiajia Zhang,2 Renjuan Sun,1 Yibo Wu4 1Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People’s Republic of China; 2Wuxi School ...
Ma L, Liu Z, Chen X, Zhang Q, Chu T, Chen X, Zhang J, Sun R, Wu Y   +8 more
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Medication Literacy for Pharmacists: A Review [PDF]

Jurnal Manajemen dan Pelayanan Farmasi, 2019
The term health literacy has been emerging since the last decades. Poor health literacy had been realized as a main factor for poor health outcomes, higher medical costs, greater risk of death, and poor health status. With the health care system becoming
Niken Nur Widyakusuma, Chairun Wiedyaningsih, Fivy Kurniawati   +2 more
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Health Literacy and Medication Adherence in Fibromyalgia [PDF]

European Health Literacy Journal, 2021
Aim: Patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) are reported to be 3 times more likely to use health care services compared to the general population, 4 times more likely to go to the doctor, have 4 times more drug use and 2.5 times more pain-related expenditures.
ALTAN İNCEOĞLU, LALE, Azkan Ture, Deniz, AYAR, KORAY, AYKURT KARLIBEL, İLKNUR, DEMİRCİ, HAKAN, AKSOY, MELİHA   +5 more
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Medication literacy and its social contextuality. [PDF]

Health (London), 2023
This article aims to contribute to the discussion about medication literacy, by focussing on the social contextuality of the information mobilised in the use of medicines. We aim to explore the social construction processes of medication literacy, as an essential dimension for a more layperson-centred approach in the promotion of literacy in this ...
Lopes N, Rodrigues C, Pegado E.
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Literacy Medication Labels [PDF]

Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2009
To the Editor:—In reference to a recent study titled: “Improving patient understanding of prescription drug label instructions”1 by Davis and colleagues, published online, we would like to emphasize the importance of the findings in this article and share the results of a pilot study we conducted in California in 2001–2002 on the inclusion of ...
Amir H. Zargarzadeh, Anandi V. Law
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Antibiotic literacy among Japanese medical students [PDF]

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy, 2020
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an urgent global issue. After the AMR action plan was introduced in 2016, a study on antibiotic literacy (i.e., awareness, knowledge, and attitude relating to antimicrobial use) among clinicians and lay people was conducted in Japan. However, no studies have hitherto targeted medical students who are expected to have a
Hideharu Hagiya, Hideo Ino, Kazuki Tokumasu, Hiroko Ogawa, Tomoko Miyoshi, Kanako Ochi, Fumio Otsuka   +6 more
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Relationship Between Medication Literacy and Medication Adherence in Inpatients With Coronary Heart Disease in Changsha, China

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020
Background: Medication literacy may be associated with medication safety, and medication adherence is critical in treating coronary heart disease. Few studies have explored the association between medication literacy and medication adherence in patients ...
Feng Zheng, Siqing Ding, Lin Lai, Xiaoqing Liu, Yinglong Duan, Shuangjiao Shi, Zhuqing Zhong   +6 more
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Relationship Between Family Functioning and Medication Adherence in Chinese Patients With Mechanical Heart Valve Replacement: A Moderated Mediation Model

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
Background: Medication adherence is crucial for patients with mechanical heart valve replacement. Although families functioning is positively associated with medication adherence, little is known about the underlying mechanisms.Objective: To test whether
Hong Ni, Yanjuan Lin, Yanchun Peng, Sailan Li, Xizhen Huang, Liangwan Chen   +5 more
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