Zdravstvena pismenost in zdravstvena pismenost, povezana z zdravili
Health literacy and medication literacy

slovenian

2018

volume 69, issue 3

drug 

Slovensko farmacevtsko društvo
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

Increasing complexity of health-related information and health systems caused a rapid development of health literacy and medication literacy concepts. Low health and medication literacy are linked to in- creased morbidity and mortality as well as higher rates of hospitalization. There are some properly validated and internationally recognized instruments to measure health literacy: Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine, Test of Functional Health Lit- eracy in Adults, Newest Vital Sign in European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire. On the other hand, there are no appropriate questionnaires to measure medication literacy in adult population. Therefore, a questionnaire measuring functional medication literacy was developed and applied to Slovenian adult population. High functional medi- cation literacy levels were observed. Patients encountered most problems when interpreting infor- mation written in longer text which required the use o f numerical skills. Elderly with lower income and worse health state were a particularly vulnerable group in this regard.

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