Yasaman Avazeh|Soheila Rezaei|Peivand Bastani|Gholamhossein Mehralian
Health literacy and medication adherence in psoriasis patients: a survey in Iran
Tehran University of Medical Sciences|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences|University of Queensland|Nottingham Trent University
medication adherence among psoriasis patients often inadequate identified significant problem psoriasis symptoms management poor medication adherence could necessitate stronger expensive medications could place significant burden healthcare system moreover importance health literacy assessment factor influencing adherence psoriasis patients cannot overstated study aimed evaluate medication adherence level iranian psoriasis patients relationship patients health literacy level demographic conditionsthis crosssectional study among iranian psoriasis patients conducted webbased questionnaire survey 26 july 2020 5 january 2021 total 575 samples collected questionnaire consisted 3 sections first demographic information disease characteristics evaluated second medication adherence evaluated using valid morisky medication adherence scale8 mmas8 finally health literacy evaluated using health literacy iranian adults helia data analyzed using spss software version 22 descriptive statistics chisquare kruskalwallis tests stepwise multiple linear regression also used evaluate impact independent variables related medication adherence scoreresults showed mean health literacy score study population 743 1423 mean medication adherence score 41 218 total participants 288 high health literacy 671 adequate health literacy 4 inadequate health literacy majority participants 707 reported low adherence 241 reported moderate 52 reported high adherence results chisquare test showed significant relationship age comorbidities type treatment satisfaction treatment experience adverse effects health literacy medication adherence p 005 final constructed model stepwise multiple linear regression highly statistically significant highest beta coefficient final model belonged total health literacy scorebased results medication adherence among iranian psoriasis patients low health literacy correlates strongly medication adherence best variable determine improving access internet icts enhance patients health literacy along developing patient education approaches techniques considered health policymakers