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Correlations of health literacy with individuals' understanding and use of medications in Southern Taiwan.
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Background: Investigated the relationship between health literacy and treatment adherence and compliance due to incorrect medication use resulting from low health literacy in southern Taiwan. Methods: A cross-sectional study in Chiayi, Taiwan (Sep-Nov 2013) used randomized sampling to survey 300 adults. Health literacy was assessed via the test of functional health literacy in adults, and medication knowledge/behavior was assessed via a validated questionnaire (KR-20 = 0.83). Data were analyzed using SPSS (chi-square, Results: It was found that 97.9% of the respondents had adequate health literacy. Age negatively correlated with health literacy ( Conclusions: Targeted health literacy interventions are required across different ages, genders, and education levels to improve medication use and health outcomes. Future research should examine the long-term effects of these interventions.
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