THE RELATIONSHIP OF RATIONAL DRUG USE AND HEALTH LITERACY IN THE UNDER THE PANDEMIC:  A CROSS-SECTIONAL RESEARCH

Mücahit Çavdar; Özlem Suvak

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THE RELATIONSHIP OF RATIONAL DRUG USE AND HEALTH LITERACY IN THE UNDER THE PANDEMIC: A CROSS-SECTIONAL RESEARCH

Authors:

Mücahit Çavdar | Özlem Suvak

Publisher:

Hacettepe University

Main Topics:

Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi

Journal:

Hacettepe Sağlık İdaresi Dergisi Vol.26 Issue 3, pp.655-666

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2023

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001299496

pISSN:

2148-9041

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 In this study, it was aimed to measure level of rational drug use RDU and health literacy HL in outpatients during COVID-19 pandemic and reveal the relationship between these two. The study was conducted at the Department of Family Medicine, University of Health Science Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, between December 1, 2021 and February 1, 2022. Rational Drug Use Scale and Turkey Health Literacy-32 scales were administered to individuals aged 18 and over who met the inclusion criteria of the study in the form of face-to-face questionnaires. In addition, a form including sociodemographic characteristics and COVID-19 medical history were applied to the participants. Of the 407 participants with a meanage of 36.1713.08, 51.8 n211 were female, 53.5 n218 had a university grade or higher, 44 n179 had COVID-19, and 76.9 n313 had vaccined against SARS-CoV2. RDU scale mean score was 37.124.17, and Turkey Health literacy HL scale was 32.427.82. 77.6 of the participants had sufficient knowledge of rational drug use. RDU knowledge and gender p0.003, age p0.01, educational degree p0.006 and occupation p0.014 were statistically significant. 28.7 of the participants had sufficient HL level. HL level was found to be associated with marital status p0.004, age p0.001 and occupation p0.021. There was no statistically significant relationship between the participants RDU scale scores and HL scale scores p0.05. According to the results of the regression analysis regarding the relationship between RDU and HL sub-dimensions, the variables of treatment and service and prevention from diseaseshealth promotion do not together give a significant relationship with the participants RDU scores, R0.053, R2 0.003, p0.05. This indicated that neither variable was a significant predictor of RDU. With the effect of the pandemic all over the world, health has come to the forefront into the agenda, but infollution has also occurred with flow of information. As the result, the level of HL in the society and, indirectly, the knowledge of RDU have come into prominence. According to this study, the level of rational drug use knowledge and health literacy still seems inaduqate despite infodemi.

 In this study, it was aimed to measure level of rational drug use RDU and health literacy HL in outpatients during COVID-19 pandemic and reveal the relationship between these two. The study was conducted at the Department of Family Medicine, University of Health Science Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, between December 1, 2021 and February 1, 2022. Rational Drug Use Scale and Turkey Health Literacy-32 scales were administered to individuals aged 18 and over who met the inclusion criteria of the study in the form of face-to-face questionnaires. In addition, a form including sociodemographic characteristics and COVID-19 medical history were applied to the participants. Of the 407 participants with a meanage of 36.1713.08, 51.8 n211 were female, 53.5 n218 had a university grade or higher, 44 n179 had COVID-19, and 76.9 n313 had vaccined against SARS-CoV2. RDU scale mean score was 37.124.17, and Turkey Health literacy HL scale was 32.427.82. 77.6 of the participants had sufficient knowledge of rational drug use. RDU knowledge and gender p0.003, age p0.01, educational degree p0.006 and occupation p0.014 were statistically significant. 28.7 of the participants had sufficient HL level. HL level was found to be associated with marital status p0.004, age p0.001 and occupation p0.021. There was no statistically significant relationship between the participants RDU scale scores and HL scale scores p0.05. According to the results of the regression analysis regarding the relationship between RDU and HL sub-dimensions, the variables of treatment and service and prevention from diseaseshealth promotion do not together give a significant relationship with the participants RDU scores, R0.053, R2 0.003, p0.05. This indicated that neither variable was a significant predictor of RDU. With the effect of the pandemic all over the world, health has come to the forefront into the agenda, but infollution has also occurred with flow of information. As the result, the level of HL in the society and, indirectly, the knowledge of RDU have come into prominence. According to this study, the level of rational drug use knowledge and health literacy still seems inaduqate despite infodemi.

 In this study, it was aimed to measure level of rational drug use RDU and health literacy HL in outpatients during COVID-19 pandemic and reveal the relationship between these two. The study was conducted at the Department of Family Medicine, University of Health Science Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, between December 1, 2021 and February 1, 2022. Rational Drug Use Scale and Turkey Health Literacy-32 scales were administered to individuals aged 18 and over who met the inclusion criteria of the study in the form of face-to-face questionnaires. In addition, a form including sociodemographic characteristics and COVID-19 medical history were applied to the participants. Of the 407 participants with a meanage of 36.1713.08, 51.8 n211 were female, 53.5 n218 had a university grade or higher, 44 n179 had COVID-19, and 76.9 n313 had vaccined against SARS-CoV2. RDU scale mean score was 37.124.17, and Turkey Health literacy HL scale was 32.427.82. 77.6 of the participants had sufficient knowledge of rational drug use. RDU knowledge and gender p0.003, age p0.01, educational degree p0.006 and occupation p0.014 were statistically significant. 28.7 of the participants had sufficient HL level. HL level was found to be associated with marital status p0.004, age p0.001 and occupation p0.021. There was no statistically significant relationship between the participants RDU scale scores and HL scale scores p0.05. According to the results of the regression analysis regarding the relationship between RDU and HL sub-dimensions, the variables of treatment and service and prevention from diseaseshealth promotion do not together give a significant relationship with the participants RDU scores, R0.053, R2 0.003, p0.05. This indicated that neither variable was a significant predictor of RDU. With the effect of the pandemic all over the world, health has come to the forefront into the agenda, but infollution has also occurred with flow of information. As the result, the level of HL in the society and, indirectly, the knowledge of RDU have come into prominence. According to this study, the level of rational drug use knowledge and health literacy still seems inaduqate despite infodemi.

 Çalışmada COVID-19 pandemisi sırasında ayaktan başvuran hastalarda akılcı ilaç kullanım bilgisi ile sağlık okuryazarlığı düzeyini ölçmek ve bu ikisi arasındaki ilişkinin ortaya konulması amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Aile Hekimliği polikliniğine 1 Aralık 2021  1 Şubat 2022 tarihleri arasında yapılmıştır. Araştırmaya dahil edilme kriterlerine uyan, 18 yaş ve üzeri bireylere yüz yüze anket şeklinde Akılcı İlaç Kullanım Ölçeği ve Türkiye Sağlık okuryazarlığı-32 ölçekleri uygulandı. Ayrıca katılımcılara sosyodemografik özellikleri ve COVID-19 özgeçmişlerini içeren bir form da uygulandı. Yaş ortalaması 36,1713,08 olan 407 katılımcının 51,8 n211si kadın, 53,5 n218si üniversite ve üzeri eğitimli, 44 n179ü COVID-19 geçirmiş ve 76,9 n313u SARS-CoV2ye karşı aşılıydı. Akılcı ilaç kullanım ölçeği puan ortalamaları 37,124,17, Türkiye Sağlık okuryazarlığı ölçeğinin ise 32,427,82di. Katılımcıların 77,6sı yeterli akılcı ilaç kullanım bilgisine sahipti. Akılcı ilaç kullanım bilgisi ile cinsiyet p0,003, yaş p0,01 eğitim durumu p0,006 ve meslek p0,014 istatistiksel açıdan anlamlı bulunmuştur. Katılımcıların 28,7 si yeterli sağlık okuryazarlığı düzeyine sahipti. Sağlık okuryazarlık düzeyi ile medeni durum p0,004, yaş p0,001 ve meslek p0,021 ilişkili bulunmuştur. COVID-19 aşısı yaptırmayanların ort34,01 sağlık okuryazarlığı puanları yaptıranlara göre anlamlı bir şekilde daha yüksekti p0,02. Katılımcıların akılcı ilaç kullanım ölçeği puanları ile sağlık okuryazarlığı ölçeği puanları arasında istatistiksel açıdan anlamlı ilişki bulunmamıştır p0,05. Akılcı ilaç kullanımı ile sağlık okuryazarlığı alt boyutları arasındaki ilişkiye yönelik regresyon analizi sonuçlarına göre, tedavi ve hizmet ve hastalıklardan korunmasağlığın geliştirilmesi değişkenleri birlikte, katılımcıların AİK puanları ile anlamlı bir ilişki vermemektedir, R0.053, R2 0.003, p0.05. Bu durum iki değişkenin de akılcı ilaç kullanımı üzerinde önemli anlamlı bir yordayıcı olmadığını göstermekteydi. Tüm dünyada pandeminin etkisiyle sağlık, gündemde öne çıkmış ancak yoğun bilgi akışıyla bilgi kirliliği de oluşmuştur. Bunların sonucunda toplumda sağlık okuryazarlığı düzeyi ve dolaylı olarak akılcı ilaç kullanım bilgisi önem kazanmıştır. Çalışmamız sonucunda akılcı ilaç kullanım bilgisi ve sağlık okuryazarlığı düzeyi pandemiye rağmen halen düşük görünmektedir.

Article Details

THE RELATIONSHIP OF RATIONAL DRUG USE AND HEALTH LITERACY IN THE UNDER THE PANDEMIC: A CROSS-SECTIONAL RESEARCH

Authors:

Mücahit Çavdar | Özlem Suvak

Publisher:

Hacettepe University

Main Topics:

Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi

Journal:

Hacettepe Sağlık İdaresi Dergisi Vol.26 Issue 3, pp.655-666

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2023

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001299496

pISSN:

2148-9041

rational drug use

health literacy

COVID-19Akılcı ilaç kullanımı

sağlık okuryazarlığı

COVID-19

Issues

Article Details

THE RELATIONSHIP OF RATIONAL DRUG USE AND HEALTH LITERACY IN THE UNDER THE PANDEMIC: A CROSS-SECTIONAL RESEARCH

Authors: Mücahit Çavdar | Özlem Suvak

Publisher: Hacettepe University

Main Topics: Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi

Journal: Hacettepe Sağlık İdaresi Dergisi Vol.26 Issue 3, pp.655-666

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 9/2023

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2001299496

pISSN: 2148-9041

rational drug use

health literacy

COVID-19Akılcı ilaç kullanımı

sağlık okuryazarlığı

COVID-19

Issues

Authors:

Mücahit Çavdar | Özlem Suvak

Publisher:

Hacettepe University

Main Topics:

Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi

Journal:

Hacettepe Sağlık İdaresi Dergisi Vol.26 Issue 3, pp.655-666

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2023

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001299496

pISSN:

2148-9041