Dušanka Krajnovi?|Stana Ubavi?|Nataša Bogavac?Stanojevi?
Pharmacotherapy Literacy of Parents in the Rural and Urban Areas of Serbia—Are There Any Differences?
University of Belgrade|Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Postal Services|University of Belgrade
background objectives pharmacotherapy literacy phtl individuals capacity obtain evaluate calculate comprehend basic information pharmacotherapy pharmacyrelated services necessary make appropriate medicationrelated decisions regardless mode content delivery eg written oral visual images symbols already proven low phtl parents cause serious problems treatment pediatric population aimed identify differences parental phtl levels sociodemographic healthrelated characteristics chronic disease child breastfeeding child annual visits pediatrician parentalselfestimation health status rural urban areas investigate influence living rural areas low phtl level materials methods study crosssectional validated 14item instrument parental pharmacotherapy literacy questionnaireserbian assessed overall phtl three domains knowledge understanding numerical skills necessary safe use medicines analyzed 250 parents preschool children 17 years old rural areas 182 parents urban areas serbia results every tenth parent rural every fourth parent urban areas highest phtl level 85 correct answers however 51 28 parents rural urban areas respectively low phtl level less 65 correct answers 21 n 432 332 p 0001 parents different areas statistically differed age education level employment breastfeeding annual visits pediatrician rate rural areas almost twice probability low phtl levels ora 2033 p 0003 urban counterparts independently examined parental characteristics conclusions parents rural areas difficulties obtain evaluate calculate comprehend basic information related pharmacotherapy parents urban areas