The association of health literacy and socio-demographic factors with medication knowledge

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 372-376

  Marks, Jennifer R ^a   Schectman, Joel M ^a   Groninger, Hunter ^a   Plews Ogan, Margaret L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Medication adherence; Medication knowledge; Patient education; REALM; Safety; Underserved populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION KNOWLEDGE SCORE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID ESTIMATE OF ADULT LITERACY IN MEDICINE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77950359762     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.06.017     Document Type: Article

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