M E Briody
Effect of curriculum change on student anxiety and diagnostic reasoning
Nursing diagnosis : ND : the official journal of the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association
perception illness pi selfmedication sm thoroughly explored existing literature however lack understanding mediating effect health literacy pi sm nonhomogenous population like saudi arabia primary healthcare nurses constant interaction outpatients difficulty addressing selfmedication study aimed investigate health literacy mediator pi sm among outpatients kingdom saudi arabia ksa study employed crosssectional approach conducted 10 major primary healthcare phc clinics serving 30 million individuals 13 different regions ksa 424 outpatients participated study selected convenience sampling data collection started november 2022 concluded february 2023 mean brief health literacy screening tool selfmedication scale sms pi scores 1301 332 2746 701 4556 769 respectively significant relationship age brief scores p 0039 level education significantly related variables nationality brief scores p 0001 finally occupation significantly related brief sms scores p 0001 0003 respectively completing college nonsaudi positively significant effects health literacy p 001 structural equation model sem found effect pi health literacy sm behaviour p 0263 084 respectively health literacy effect sm behaviour p0001 health literacy important factor selfmedication behavior pi directly related health literacy selfmedication behavior health literacy influence selfmedication behavior therefore primary healthcare givers promote public health literacy alongside control conditions one effective ways decrease prevalence selfmedication risks associated