Cemile Kütmeç Y?lmaz|Arife Kil
Individuals' health literacy level and their knowledge and practices with respect to rational drug use
Aksaray University|Aksaray University
descriptive study aimed identify individuals health literacy level knowledge practices respect rational drug usethe study conducted 405 individuals aged 18 applied hospitaldata collected using introductory information form adult health literacy scale ahlsdata analyzed using mannwhitney u test comparing two groups kruskalwallis h test comparing mean total scale scores two groupswe found participants average age 3425 148 555 female 505 university education higher 51 marriedtheir mean ahls score 1403 432 23our study found individuals used nonprescribed drugs lower mean ahls score 1216 400 individuals read drug prospectus p 0000 expiry date p 0000 higher mean ahls scoresfor changed drug dose prescribed doctor p 0001 stopped medication disease symptoms gone p 0031 mean ahls scores lower statistically significant levelwe found participants moderate level health literacy negatively significant relation age health literacy scoresthe study results indicated significant relation knowledge practices respect rational drug use health literacy levelour suggestion assess individuals health literacy plan initiatives increasing awareness regarding rational drug use health literacy