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Health Literacy and Medication Adherence Among Patients Treated in a Free Health Clinic: A Pilot Study.
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- Association between health literacy and medication adherence in chronic diseases: a recent systematic review.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2023Pooled it
- Linking health literacy to malaria prevention and treatment behaviours: evidence from a community-based study in Gabon.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- How Does Indonesian Chronic Disease Patient Adhere to Their Treatment? A Cross-Sectional Analysis of 11,408 Subjects.Patient preference and adherence · 2025Article
- Improving Medication Adherence Through Adaptive Digital Interventions (iMedA) in Patients With Hypertension: Protocol for an Interrupted Time Series Study.JMIR research protocols · 2021Article
- Health Literacy Studies Conducted in Australia: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Relationship Between Medication Literacy and Medication Adherence in Inpatients With Coronary Heart Disease in Changsha, China.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundA patient's health literacy is not routinely assessed during visits with a health care provider. Since low health literacy is a risk factor for poor health outcomes, assessing health literacy should be considered as part of the standard medical workup.
objectivesTo evaluate the health literacy levels and medication adherence of patients treated by pharmacists in both the general medicine and the chronic care clinics at an urban free health clinic.
methodsEligible patients from the free health clinic completed the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM), a health literacy measurement tool, during their clinic visit in 2011. Medication adherence was self-reported by the patients.
resultsA total of 100 patients participated (mean age = 48). The majority of participants were female (56%) and white (55%). Most (64%) of the patients scored at a high school reading level according to REALM. Only 21% of participants read at a seventh- to eighth-grade level. Overall medication adherence rate was 73%. Forgetting to take medication was the most popular reason given for nonadherence.
conclusionDisease state and adherence were significantly related in patients with HIV/AIDS and hypertension. Patient's ethnicity was significantly associated with literacy levels (
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