The relationship between health literacy, medication taking behavior, and adherence to appointment among patients with chronic diseases in Maetha District, Lampang Province
Keywords:
Patient compliance, Health literacy, Medication taking behavior, Chronic diseasesAbstract
Effective control of diabetes mellitus and hypertension requires a focus on diet, exercise, medication, and patient compliance with appointment. This cross-sectional study aimed to examine the relationships among demographic data, health literacy, medication taking behavior, and adherence to appointment of patients with diabetes mellitus and hypertension in Maetha districts, Lampang province. The samples consisted of 138 participants selecting by Multi-stage random sampling. The questionnaires were using for data collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Person's product moment correlation coefficient, and Spearman rank-order correlation coefficient.
The results revealed that most participants had a low acquisition of health information (61.6%) and had a middle level of doctor's appointment behavior (51.4%). When focused on the association, it was found that occupation, fundamental health literacy including basic skill in reading vocabulary, the ability for reading and understanding numbers, acquisition of health information, knowledge, communication in case of being asked various problems, the decision making, and overall health literacy were related to medication taking behavior with statistical significance at p-value < 0.05. Moreover, sex, occupation, fundamental health literacy of basic skill in reading vocabulary, the ability for reading and understanding numbers, acquisition of health information, knowledge, communication in case of being asked various problems, the decision making, and overall health literacy were related to adherence to doctor appointment with statistical significance at p-value < 0.05. Therefore, health care providers should extent knowledge and set up the planning of the service system, which emphasizes accessibility and easy understanding to promote an appropriate medication taking behavior and adherence to doctor appointment.
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