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Finally, poor medication knowledge was significantly associated with less self-medication (p = 0.00).
Medication knowledge was significantly associated with the outcome in both the bivariate and multivariate analyses.
Medication knowledge was found to be unsatisfactory among practicing nurses, with a significant risk for medication errors.
The current study among nurses revealed that medication knowledge was insufficient, and it suggests risk for medication errors.
For example, the subtask of assessing patients' medication knowledge was done in 47.6% of geriatric admission reconciliations, compared to only 20.0% of internal medicine reconciliations.
Another study found that 75% of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart failure were adherent to their prescribed medicines but their medication knowledge was low [ 5].
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High medication knowledge is defined as a score ≥ 5.
Factors associated with high medication knowledge are given in Table 4.> -wrap-foot> Standard linear regression.
This study shows that medication knowledge is unsatisfactory among practising nurses, with a significant risk for medication errors.
Lack of medication knowledge is a known and important factor contributing to medication compliance and this study was able to identify poor knowledge of medication side-effects.
Independent factors associated with high medication knowledge were working in hospitals (p < 0.001), postgraduate specialization (p = 0.01) and completion of courses in drug management (p < 0.01).
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