Age and education as factors associated with medication literacy: a community pharmacy perspective.

Javier Plaza-ZamoraIsabel LegazEduardo OsunaMaría D Pérez-Cárceles

Published in: BMC geriatrics (2020)

An inadequate ML level was found in community pharmacy clients over the age of 51, and also in those with primary or non-formal studies. Our data add to our knowledge about ML, and should pharmacists and other health professionals to adopt new strategies to prevent, or at least reduce, errors in taking medicines, thus avoiding the undesirable effects of any misuse.

Keyphrases

healthcare
mental health
adverse drug
electronic health record
big data
patient safety
primary care
quality improvement
machine learning
case control
hepatitis c virus
artificial intelligence
human immunodeficiency virus