Literacy and Misunderstanding Prescription Drug Labels
General Department of Preventive Medicine
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Abstract
Background
Health literacy has increasingly been viewed as a patient safety issue and may contribute to medication errors.
Objective
To examine patients' abilities to understand and demonstrate instructions found on container labels of common prescription medications.
Citation impact
631
total citations
- FWCI
- 18.98
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 33
Citations per year
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7Topics & keywords
Topics
Keywords
- Health literacy
- Medicine
- Medical prescription
- Literacy
- Pill
- Family medicine
- Confounding
- Prescription drug
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Quality Education
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