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Area of Science:

  • Health Sciences
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Health Literacy Research

Background:

  • Medication literacy, the skills to act on medication information, lacks a comprehensive conceptual model.
  • Existing models do not fully capture the multifaceted nature of medication literacy.
  • A clear model is essential for understanding and measuring medication literacy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a conceptual model for medication literacy.
  • To provide a framework for developing an instrument to measure medication literacy.
  • To enhance the understanding and assessment of medication literacy.

Main Methods:

  • A three-phase methodological study was conducted.
  • Literature review identified preliminary model components.
  • Expert consensus (45 experts) refined the model using a Likert-5 scale.

Main Results:

  • All preliminary components were deemed important by experts.
  • "Dosing information," "medication name," and "processing/acting on information" were highly rated.
  • The final model includes four dimensions: functional, communicative, critical literacy, and numeracy, with subdimensions for accessing, understanding, evaluating, calculating, and communicating information.

Conclusions:

  • A conceptual model for medication literacy was successfully developed.
  • This model identifies key components and dimensions crucial for measurement.
  • The model will facilitate the development of a medication literacy instrument in Brazil.