Umar Hayat, Ikram Ullah, Naveed Ahmed Azam, Sumaira Azhar
A Novel Image Encryption Scheme Based on Elliptic Curves over Finite Rings
Entropy (Basel, Switzerland)
maintenance hemodialysis mhd patients complex medication regimens require high level skill interpret medication information however currently lack research evaluating ability read understand medication labels chinese mhd patients addition relationship frailty medication literacy among mhd patients remains unclear therefore study aims assess potential factors affecting medication literacy mhd patients explore relationship frailty medication literacy crosssectional study conducted using convenience sampling west china hospital sichuan university china using general questionnaire collected demographic clinical laboratory data medication literacy assessed chinese medication literacy scale frailty assessed frail scale univariate analyses examined potential factors associated medication literacy ordered logistic regression used analyze relationships medication literacy factors spearmans correlation used assess association medication literacy frailty total 290 mhd patients included analysis inadequate marginal adequate medication literacy found 56 193 153 528 81 279 patients respectively ordered logistic regression revealed factors associated inadequate medication literacy age 0281 95 ci 01390565 p 0001 65 years education 8612 95 ci 352421046 p 0001 primary school education 3405 95 ci 16836887 p 0001 junior high school education presence caregiver medication assistance 2302 95 ci 11734516 p 0015 frailty 0440 95 ci 02160893 p 0023 frail patients high 2microglobulin 2mg 1010 95 ci 10021019 p 0012 spearmans analysis showed medication literacy negatively correlated frailty mhd patients r0189 p 0001 medication literacy levels mhd patients needed improvement associated certain patient characteristics including age education level presence caregiver support 2microglobulin levels risk frailty study identified subgroups mhd patients older lower education caregiver assistance high 2microglobulin levels frail inadequate medication literacy findings underscore need routine screening targeted interventions improve medication literacy population