Soodabeh Hoveidamanesh, Salime Goharinezhad, Tooran Bagheri, Rana Irilouzadian, Mohammad Javad Fatemi, Siamak Farokh Forghani, Tayyeb Ghadimi
Why do people get burned? Qualitative analysis of the causes of burns in a large survey of burn survivors
Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
multimorbidity significant impact public health primary care medication adherence recognized effective measure managing preventing multimorbidity studies shown medication literacy positive effect medication adherence patients multimorbidity however limited knowledge exists regarding underlying mechanisms relationship older adults multimorbidity therefore aim study investigate mediating role selfefficacy association medication literacy medication adherence population study employed crosssectional design convenience sampling method survey older patients multimorbidity six communities zhengzhou china july 12 2021 december 15 2021 participants assessed using demographic questionnaire chinese version medication literacy scale cmls selfefficacy appropriate medication use scale seams chinese version morisky medication adherence scale8 cmmas8 data analyzed using descriptive statistics ttests oneway analysis variance pearson correlation analysis mediation analysis total 350 elderly patients met inclusion criteria 328 valid questionnaires collected mean age participants 7490 737 years slightly higher proportion males 558 females 442 mean score medication adherence 485 157 indicating poor medication adherence among participants medication adherence scores varied significantly among participants different ages education levels employment statuses kinds medication p 001 scores medication literacy selfefficacy showed significant positive correlation medication adherence scores p 0001 standardized coefficient total effect direct effect medication literacy medication adherence 0268 95 ci 0201 0335 0187 95 ci 0123 0252 respectively introducing selfefficacy model standardized coefficient indirect effect 0081 95 ci 0049 0120 indicating selfefficacy partially mediated relationship medication literacy medication adherence accounting 3022 total effect study might suggest medication literacy indirectly affected medication adherence older people multimorbidity selfefficacy health care providers aware importance improving medication literacy implement strategies aimed increasing selfefficacy achieve goal improving medication adherence older adults multimorbidity