Health Literacy, Processing Capacity, Illness Knowledge, and Actionable Memory for Medication Taking in Type 2 Diabetes: Cross-Sectional Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient knowledge about the purpose of medications is crucial to ensure safe and correct use, so it is an important index of adherence in patients with chronic illness.

Objective

We examined how health literacy and its components (processing capacity and knowledge about illness) influence memory for medication purposes.

Design

We conducted a cross-sectional study to examine memory for medication purposes in relation to health literacy, processing capacity, and illness knowledge among patients with diabetes in outpatient clinics.

Participants

Six hundred seventy-four adults who were diagnosed with type II diabetes mellitus, age 40 years or older, taking 5 or more current medications, native speakers of English, and with glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c)

SUBMITTER: Chin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8298723 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature