A cross-sectional study on knowledge and behavior regarding medication usage among guardians of left-behind children: evidence from China

BMC Public Health

Research

Zeyuan Sun¹  Ting Luo²  Yunzhu Lin²  Yao Zhou²  Chunsong Yang²  Yuan Chen²  Wei Zhou²  Qunfen Xu²  Yixin Guo²  Qian Wu²  Yuzhi Fu²  Xianghong Lian²  Zhenmi Liu³  Qiaoyue Ge³  Lu Zhang³  Xia Jiang³ 

[1] Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK;Department of Pharmacy, Evidence-based Pharmacy Center, West China Second University Hospital, Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China;Institute of Systems Epidemiology, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, Chengdu, China;

关键词: Left-behind children;    Medications;    A cross-sectional study;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-023-14989-1

 received in 2022-06-30, accepted in 2023-01-04,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

PurposeThe primary objective of this study was to evaluate knowledge and behavior of medication use among guardians of left-behind children (LBC) and non-left-behind children (NLBC).MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted in Chengdu, the major city of southwestern China from May 2020 to August 2020. A logistic regression model was conducted to assess medication-related knowledge and behavior of guardians between the LBC group and NLBC group, adjusted for confounders. Stratified analysis was further performed.ResultsThe overall mean scores for knowledge and for behavior were 20.22 (standard deviation = 4.472) and 15.77 (standard deviation = 3.604), respectively. No significant difference was found in medication-related knowledge and behavior scores between LBC and NLBC guardians (P > 0.05). A significant difference was only observed after adjusting for past medical history and history of present illness (HPI).ConclusionThere was no significant difference in the awareness and behavior of medication use between guardians of LBC and NLBC in this study, having more contact with the doctor was an effective method of health education that could possibly improve their health literacy.

【 授权许可】

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