Sunmi Song|Seung-Mi Lee|Sunmee Jang|Yoon Jin Lee|Nahyun Kim|Hye-Ryoung Sohn|Dong?Churl Suh
Mediation effects of medication information processing and adherence on association between health literacy and quality of life
Chung-Ang University|Chung-Ang University|Gachon University|Chung-Ang University|Chung-Ang University|Chung-Ang University|Chung-Ang University
examine whether medication related information processing defined reading overthecounter drug labels understanding prescription instructions information seekingand medication adherence account association health literacy quality life whether associations may moderated age gender sample 305 adults south korea recruited proportional quota sampling take part crosssectional survey health literacy medicationrelated information processing medication adherence quality life descriptive statistics structural equation modeling sem performed two mediation pathways linking health literacy quality life found first health literacy positively associated reading drug labels subsequently linked medication adherence quality life second health literacy positively associated accurate understanding prescription instructions associated quality life age moderation found mediation reading drug labels significant among young adults whereas mediation understanding medication instruction among older adults reading drug labels understanding prescription instructions explained pathways health literacy affects medication adherence quality life results suggest training skills processing medication information effective enhance health limited health literacy