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Association of health literacy and medication self-efficacy with medication adherence and diabetes control

open access: yesPatient Preference and Adherence, 2018
Yen-Ming Huang,1 Olayinka O Shiyanbola,1 Paul D Smith2 1Division of Social and Administrative Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; 2Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin ...
Huang YM, Shiyanbola OO, Smith PD
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The Correlation Between Medication Self-Management with Rational Medication Use Self-Efficacy and Medication Literacy in Patients with Stroke [PDF]

open access: yesPatient Preference and Adherence
Zhimin Liu,1,2,* Xingyao Lu,2,3,* Yunyun Li,2,4 Yanfang Luo,1 Fen Ye,1 Renjuan Sun5 1Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China; 2Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan ...
Liu Z, Lu X, Li Y, Luo Y, Ye F, Sun R
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Medication taking behaviour and hypertension: A review of the literature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Hypertension is a global illness and one that affects circa 20% of the population. Despite the effectiveness of treatment, adherence with medication is a key concern, particularly in the elderly.
Banning, M
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Attitude and practice of self-medication among 2nd-year dental students in a tertiary care teaching hospital: A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study

open access: yesNational Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2022
Background: It is a common believe that self medication prevails more in medical students. Dental students do believe in self medication. With this background, current study aimed to determine the attitude and practice of self medication among dental ...
Smita Das   +3 more
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Drug errors related to self-medication in Morocco [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2021
Introduction: Self-medication refers to the act of obtaining a drug without a prescription in order to use it for treatment. The objective of this study is to describe the epidemiological characteristics of drug errors related to self-medication in ...
Jadda Sara   +6 more
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A review of interventions used to improve adherence with medication in older [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Background: Medication mismanagement is a continuous problem particularly in older people. Numerous interventions have been developed and tested in an attempt to improve adherence with medication in this client group.
Banning, M
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Inappropriate self-medication among adolescents and its association with lower medication literacy and substance use. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
While self-medication is common, inappropriate self-medication has potential risks. This study assesses inappropriate self-medication among adolescents and examines the relationships among medication literacy, substance use, and inappropriate self ...
Chun-Hsien Lee   +5 more
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Self-medication among pregnant women in Ghana: A systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesHeliyon, 2022
Background: Despite the associated health risks of self-medication during pregnancy, recent evidence suggests that the phenomena persist in most countries.
Richmond Opoku   +2 more
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Self-medication practices and their characteristics among Iranian university students

open access: yesBMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2022
Background Self-medication in students, as educated people, is one of the most important health issues. It is known that inappropriate self-medication is harmful for individuals as it has potential risks, disrupts the drug market and increases the per ...
Rohaneh Rahimisadegh   +5 more
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The Other Side of Medicalization: Self-Medicalization and Self-Medication [PDF]

open access: yesCulture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, 2013
The concept of medicalization has given rise to considerable discussion in the social sciences, focusing especially on the extension of medicine's jurisdiction and its hold over our bodies through the reduction of social phenomena to individual biological pathologies.
openaire   +3 more sources

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