The Relationship between Rational Drug Use Literacy and Drug Use Behavior among People in Kantang District, Trang

Abstract

This cross-sectional survey study aimed to 1) study rational drug use literacy and drug use behavior of the population and 2) study the relationship between rational drug use literacy and drug use behavior of people in Kantang District, Trang Province. The samples were people aged 15 years and over in Kantang District, Trang Province, totaling 351 persons obtained by multi-stage random sampling. The research tools were questionnaires. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and correlation by Pearson's correlation coefficient. The research results showed that the sample group had overall rational drug use literacy was at a moderate level ( = 19.61 out of a full score of 28 points) and the overall proper drug use behavior was at a high level ( = 2.60). The study of the relationship between rational drug use literacy and people's drug use behavior, it was found that rational drug use literacy in the use of labeled drugs and drug packets and in terms of understanding the meaning of words, there were low positive correlation with drug use behavior at the statistical significance level of .01 (r = .428 and r = .424). And rational drug use literacy, awareness of advertising media and the choice of purchasing and using drugs, there were very low positive correlation with drug use behavior with statistical significance at the 0.01 and 0.05 levels, respectively (r = .180 and r = .106). In the next study, a model to promote rational drug literacy should be developed, so that people use drugs properly and appropriately.