Pharmacotherapy literacy of parents in the rural and urban areas of Serbia-are there any differences?
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Background and objectives: Pharmacotherapy literacy (PHTL) is an individual’s capacity to obtain, evaluate, calculate, and comprehend basic information about pharmacotherapy and pharmacy-related services necessary to make appropriate medication-related decisions, regardless of the mode of content delivery (e.g., written, oral, visual images and symbols). It is already proven that low PHTL of parents can cause serious problems in the treatment of a pediatric population. We aimed to identify the dierences in parental PHTL levels, socio-demographic and health-related characteristics (chronic disease of a child, breastfeeding of a child, annual visits to a pediatrician, parental-self-estimation of health status) between rural and urban areas and to investigate the influence of living in rural areas on a low PHTL level. Materials and methods: Our study was cross-sectional with a validated 14-item instrument (“Parental pharmacotherapy literacy questionnaire—Serbian”), which assessed overall ...PHTL and its three domains of knowledge, understanding and numerical skills necessary for the safe use of medicines. We analyzed 250 parents of pre-school children (1–7 years old) in rural areas and 182 parents from urban areas in Serbia. Results: Every tenth parent from rural and every fourth parent from urban areas had the highest PHTL level or more than 85% correct answers. However, 51% and 28% of parents in rural and urban areas, respectively, had a low PHTL level (less than 65% correct answers), [Õ2(1, n = 432) = 33.2; p < 0.001]. Parents from dierent areas statistically diered in age, education level, employment, breastfeeding and annual visits to pediatrician rate. Those from rural areas had almost twice the probability of low PHTL levels (ORa = 2.033; p = 0.003) than their urban counterparts, independently of other examined parental characteristics. Conclusions: Parents from rural areas have more diculties to obtain, evaluate, calculate and comprehend basic information related to pharmacotherapy than parents from urban areas.
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Parents / Pharmacist / Pharmacotherapy literacy / Pre-school children / RuralSource:
Medicina (Lithuania), 2019, 55, 9, 1-10Publisher:
- MDPI
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- Rare Diseases:Molecular Pathophysiology, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Modalities and Social, Ethical and Legal Aspects (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-41004)
DOI: 10.3390/medicina55090590
ISSN: 1010-660X
WoS: 000490752800083
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85072515686
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PharmacyTY - JOUR AU - Krajnović, Dušanka AU - Ubavić, Stana AU - Bogavac-Stanojević, Nataša PY - 2019 UR - https://farfar.pharmacy.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3461 AB - Background and objectives: Pharmacotherapy literacy (PHTL) is an individual’s capacity to obtain, evaluate, calculate, and comprehend basic information about pharmacotherapy and pharmacy-related services necessary to make appropriate medication-related decisions, regardless of the mode of content delivery (e.g., written, oral, visual images and symbols). It is already proven that low PHTL of parents can cause serious problems in the treatment of a pediatric population. We aimed to identify the dierences in parental PHTL levels, socio-demographic and health-related characteristics (chronic disease of a child, breastfeeding of a child, annual visits to a pediatrician, parental-self-estimation of health status) between rural and urban areas and to investigate the influence of living in rural areas on a low PHTL level. Materials and methods: Our study was cross-sectional with a validated 14-item instrument (“Parental pharmacotherapy literacy questionnaire—Serbian”), which assessed overall PHTL and its three domains of knowledge, understanding and numerical skills necessary for the safe use of medicines. We analyzed 250 parents of pre-school children (1–7 years old) in rural areas and 182 parents from urban areas in Serbia. Results: Every tenth parent from rural and every fourth parent from urban areas had the highest PHTL level or more than 85% correct answers. However, 51% and 28% of parents in rural and urban areas, respectively, had a low PHTL level (less than 65% correct answers), [Õ2(1, n = 432) = 33.2; p < 0.001]. Parents from dierent areas statistically diered in age, education level, employment, breastfeeding and annual visits to pediatrician rate. Those from rural areas had almost twice the probability of low PHTL levels (ORa = 2.033; p = 0.003) than their urban counterparts, independently of other examined parental characteristics. Conclusions: Parents from rural areas have more diculties to obtain, evaluate, calculate and comprehend basic information related to pharmacotherapy than parents from urban areas. PB - MDPI T2 - Medicina (Lithuania) T1 - Pharmacotherapy literacy of parents in the rural and urban areas of Serbia-are there any differences? VL - 55 IS - 9 SP - 1 EP - 10 DO - 10.3390/medicina55090590 ER -
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Krajnović, D., Ubavić, S.,& Bogavac-Stanojević, N.. (2019). Pharmacotherapy literacy of parents in the rural and urban areas of Serbia-are there any differences?. in Medicina (Lithuania) MDPI., 55(9), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina55090590
Krajnović D, Ubavić S, Bogavac-Stanojević N. Pharmacotherapy literacy of parents in the rural and urban areas of Serbia-are there any differences?. in Medicina (Lithuania). 2019;55(9):1-10. doi:10.3390/medicina55090590 .
Krajnović, Dušanka, Ubavić, Stana, Bogavac-Stanojević, Nataša, "Pharmacotherapy literacy of parents in the rural and urban areas of Serbia-are there any differences?" in Medicina (Lithuania), 55, no. 9 (2019):1-10, https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina55090590 . .