Relationship between adolescents’ and their parents’ attitudes toward medicines and awareness of the risk of medicines

Background When they reach adolescence, children begin to independently use medicine without their parents’ supervision, but parents usually still want to be involved in their drug therapy. Objective The aim of this study was to investigate how parental attitudes and awareness toward medicine relate...

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Published in:International journal of clinical pharmacy 2018-12, Vol.40 (6), p.1501-1510
Main Authors: Klimaszova, Zuzana, Fazekas, Tomas, Kuzelova, Magdalena
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult
Antihistamines
Attitude
Attitudes
Children
Cough
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions - psychology
Female
Humans
Internal Medicine
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Parents & parenting
Parents - psychology
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Pharmacy
Research Article
Risk
Schools
Slovakia
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenagers
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Summary:Background When they reach adolescence, children begin to independently use medicine without their parents’ supervision, but parents usually still want to be involved in their drug therapy. Objective The aim of this study was to investigate how parental attitudes and awareness toward medicine relate to adolescents’ attitudes and awareness. Setting Twelve secondary schools in different regions of the Slovak Republic. Method Adolescents and parents responded to a questionnaire, and the answers were paired and analysed. Parental and adolescents’ attitudes toward medicines and awareness of the risk of medicines were measured using a five-point Likert scale. Main outcome measure The strength of the relationship between parents’ and their adolescent children’s level of agreement with statements about medicines. Results There were significant differences between parents᾽ and adolescents’ mean Likert scores for statements about their attitudes toward medicines and their awareness of the risk of medicines ( p  
ISSN:2210-7703
2210-7711
DOI:10.1007/s11096-018-0723-8