Understanding of Information about Medicines Use among Parents of Pre-School Children in Serbia: Parental Pharmacotherapy Literacy Questionnaire (PTHL-SR)

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Stana UbavićDušanka Krajnović

Abstract

Parental health literacy plays an important role in children’s health, Experiences from pharmacy practice show that is necessary to check if parents understand instructions about use of medicines for children. This study aimed to assess pharmacotherapy literacy of parents of pre-school children and to examine association of parental pharmacotherapy literacy level with parent’s socio-demographic characteristics. The study was cross-sectional, conducted among parents of pre-school children (1⁻7 years of age), in kindergartens in several municipalities of Belgrade, Serbia, during regular parents meetings, from May to October 2016. Functional health literacy was measured by the Serbian version of the Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (S-TOFHLA). Parental pharmacotherapy literacy was assessed with newly constructed PTHL-SR questionnaire with good psychometric characteristics (Parental pharmacotherapy literacy questionnaire—Serbian). Overall, 813 parents participated in the study, mostly females (81.30%), between 30 to 40 years of age (70.85%) with two children (56.70%). Almost all of our study participants (99%) had adequate health literacy as assessed by S-TOFHLA. Mean score on PTHL-SR was 72.83% ...Continue Reading

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Mar 29, 2019·Medicina·Dušanka KrajnovićNataša Bogavac-Stanojević
Sep 22, 2019·Medicina·Dušanka KrajnovićNataša Bogavac-Stanojević
Jan 20, 2020·Acta Pharmaceutica : a Quarterly Journal of Croatian Pharmaceutical Society and Slovenian Pharmaceutical Society, Dealing with All Branches of Pharmacy and Allied Sciences·Natasa Duborija-KovacevicBogdan Asanin

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Methods Mentioned

BETA
pharmacotherapy

Software Mentioned

TOFHLA
INTERNET
SPSS

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