Deepti Chopra, Gagandeep Kwatra, Bharti Bhandari, Jaspreet K Sidhu, Jayant Rai, C D Tripathi
Jigsaw Classroom: Perceptions of Students and Teachers
Medical science educator
objective study aimed examine factors affecting medication literacy communitydwelling older adults hypertension guided social learning theory sought analyze pathways factors influenced provide theoretical foundation designing targeted intervention programs study design crosssectional study methods october 2022 february 2023 total 432 communitydwelling older adults hypertension linghe district guta district taihe district jinzhou city liaoning province china selected using convenience sampling data collected using sociodemographic questionnaire medication literacy questionnaire brief illness perception questionnaire general selfefficacy scale perceived social support scale collected data analyzed kruskalwallis mannwhitney tests correlation analysis multiple stepwise regression analysis structural equation modeling sem results medication literacy score among participants 383 191 multifactor analysis revealed key factors affecting medication literacy including blood pressurecontrol status utilization community health education resources receiving guidance medication usage marital status number annual visits social support selfefficacy disease perception sem based social learning theory showed general selfefficacy mediated relationship social support disease perception medication literacy conclusion present study developed model provided potential intervention strategies improve medication literacy knowledge safety among communitydwelling older adults hypertension considering relationships identified variables