Diana Avila-Montiel, Jenny Vilchis-Gil, América Liliana Miranda-Lora, Lubia Velázquez-López, Miguel Klünder-Klünder
The Effects of an Educational Intervention About Front-of-Package Labeling on Food and Beverage Selection Among Children and Their Caregivers: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
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pharmacotherapy literacy pthl specific ability safely access appraise understand available information concerning medication calculate act accordingly concept pthl mostly unknown majority diabetes mellitus type 2 dmt2 patients serbia diabetes one major public health problems serbia prevalence 91 twostudy research aims constructing performancebased instrument estimating prevalence pthl levels identification predictors low pthl scores patients dmt2 multistage study performed adapt existing performancebased instrument pthlsr specific questionnaire dmt2 population pthldm instrument pthl levels assessed crosssectional study categorising patients groups low medium high pthl levels considered 19 predictors low pthl scores sociodemographic characteristics health behaviours health characteristics access healthrelated information empowermentrelated indicators univariate multivariate logistic regression analyses used determine independent predictors low pthl final 15item pthldm instrument proved satisfactory reliability kr20 0475 internal reliability icc whole instrument 097 95 confidence intervals 095099 positive correlation rho 069 pthldm score 15 questions total pthlsr score 14 questions also observed demonstrated majority 350 patients low pthl 62 5 high pthl level mean score pthldm 78 23 probability low pthl increased among smokers patients low interest health estimated health bad patients used pharmacists sourse information less likely pharmacotherapy illiterate combined therapy insulin oral hypoglycemic agents associated higher pthl data indicate specific pthldm tool objective valid reliable found low level pthl prevailed among dmt2 patients medication literacy influenced age residence education family status patients better health literacy also reported better health behaviours different patient empowerment programs approaches aimed raising pthl would essential improve selfmanagement control widespread chronic disease serbia