Dušanka Krajnovi?|Stana Ubavi?|Nataša Bogavac?Stanojevi?
Pharmacotherapy Literacy and Parental Practice in Use of Over-the-Counter Pediatric Medicines
University of Belgrade|Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Postal Services|University of Belgrade
background objectives pharmaceutical literacy skills parents crucial appropriate safe medication use preschool children ages 17 years recent study pharmacotherapy literacy serbia showed one five parents difficulty understanding common information use medicines antipyretics considered frequently used group overthecounter otc medications preschool period aimed examine parental practice expectations antipyretic medication use ii analyze associations parental practice expectations related socioeconomic status pharmacotherapy literacy materials methods crosssectional survey using self report validated specific instrument conducted parents preschool children kindergartens belgrade serbia pharmacotherapy literacy refers knowledge personal skills needed meet complex demands medicine use healthcare nonhealthcare settings comprehensive literature review expertfocus group consultation pretesting employed 4item multiplechoice test development explore practice expectations related use otc pediatric antipyretic medicines results final analytical cohort comprised 813 participants majority 633 chose medicine based physicians suggestion 154 parents reported would follow advice pharmacist half parents 541 would need advice antipyretic medicine pharmacist firstly simpler language parents satisfied information given pharmacist higher pharmacotherapy literacy compared parents lower levels or0718 95ci 05970865 p 0001 men higher expectation pharmacists explain medicine use simpler language or1630 95ci 10632501 p 0025 well parents three children or2527 95ci 1434459 p 0001 parents higher knowledge medicine use less likely ask simpler information or0707 95ci 05830856 p 0001 conclusions main finding practice antipyretic otc medicine use associated levels parental pharmacotherapy literacy expectations pharmacists higher among parents lower levels pharmacotherapy literacy expected information simpler precise language study highlighted need pharmacists identify risks parental practice provide information medicines parents preschool children simpler appropriate way