Authors:
Zhuqing Zhong
1
;
Siqing Ding
2
;
Shuangjiao Shi
3
;
Zehua Xu
2
and
Aijing Luo
1
Affiliations:
1
Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China, Key Laboratory of Medical Information Research, Central South University, College of Hunan Province, Changsha 410013 and China
;
2
Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013 and China
;
3
Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China, Xiangya Nursing School, Central South University, Changsha 410013 and China
Keyword(s):
Essential Hypertension, Discharged Patients, Medication Literacy, Medication.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Biomedical Engineering
;
Cognitive Informatics
;
Data Engineering
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Health Information Systems
;
Healthcare Management Systems
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Knowledge Management
;
Ontologies and the Semantic Web
;
Society, e-Business and e-Government
;
Web Information Systems and Technologies
Abstract:
To assess medication literacy and important determinants of medication literacy in discharged patients with essential hypertension, we conducted a prospective cohort study in a tertiary hospital in Changsha, Hunan, China between March and June 2016.Patient’s demographic and clinical data were retrieved from hospital charts and medication literacy was measured by structured interview using the Chinese version of Medication Literacy Questionnaire on Discharged Patient between 7 and 30 days after discharged. The results showed that medication literacy was insufficient: > 20% did not have adequate knowledge on the type of drugs and frequency that they need to take the drugs, > 30% did not know the name and dosage of the drugs they are taking, and > 70% did not have adequate knowledge on the effects and side effects of the drugs they are taking. Medication literacy score decreased with age but increased with education level and length of hospital stay.