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Relationship between People’s Interest in Medication Adherence, Health Literacy, and Self-Care: An Infodemiological Analysis in the Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Era
The prevalence of non-communicable diseases has risen sharply in recent years, particularly among older individuals who require complex drug regimens. Patients are increasingly required to manage their health through medication adherence and self-care, but about 50% of patients struggle to adhere to...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10381156/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37511703 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm13071090 |
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author | Grandieri, Andrea Trevisan, Caterina Gentili, Susanna Vetrano, Davide Liborio Liotta, Giuseppe Volpato, Stefano |
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description | The prevalence of non-communicable diseases has risen sharply in recent years, particularly among older individuals who require complex drug regimens. Patients are increasingly required to manage their health through medication adherence and self-care, but about 50% of patients struggle to adhere to prescribed treatments. This study explored the relationship between interest in medication adherence, health literacy, and self-care and how it changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. We used Google Trends to measure relative search volumes (RSVs) for these three topics from 2012 to 2022. We found that interest in self-care increased the most over time, followed by health literacy and medication adherence. Direct correlations emerged between RSVs for medication adherence and health literacy (r = 0.674, p < 0.0001), medication adherence and self-care (r = 0.466, p < 0.0001), and health literacy and self-care (r = 0.545, p < 0.0001). After the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, interest in self-care significantly increased, and Latin countries showed a greater interest in self-care than other geographical areas. This study suggests that people are increasingly interested in managing their health, especially in the context of the recent pandemic, and that infodemiology may provide interesting information about the attitudes of the population toward chronic disease management. |
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spelling | pubmed-103811562023-07-29 Relationship between People’s Interest in Medication Adherence, Health Literacy, and Self-Care: An Infodemiological Analysis in the Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Era Grandieri, Andrea Trevisan, Caterina Gentili, Susanna Vetrano, Davide Liborio Liotta, Giuseppe Volpato, Stefano J Pers Med Article The prevalence of non-communicable diseases has risen sharply in recent years, particularly among older individuals who require complex drug regimens. Patients are increasingly required to manage their health through medication adherence and self-care, but about 50% of patients struggle to adhere to prescribed treatments. This study explored the relationship between interest in medication adherence, health literacy, and self-care and how it changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. We used Google Trends to measure relative search volumes (RSVs) for these three topics from 2012 to 2022. We found that interest in self-care increased the most over time, followed by health literacy and medication adherence. Direct correlations emerged between RSVs for medication adherence and health literacy (r = 0.674, p < 0.0001), medication adherence and self-care (r = 0.466, p < 0.0001), and health literacy and self-care (r = 0.545, p < 0.0001). After the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, interest in self-care significantly increased, and Latin countries showed a greater interest in self-care than other geographical areas. This study suggests that people are increasingly interested in managing their health, especially in the context of the recent pandemic, and that infodemiology may provide interesting information about the attitudes of the population toward chronic disease management. MDPI 2023-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10381156/ /pubmed/37511703 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm13071090 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Grandieri, Andrea Trevisan, Caterina Gentili, Susanna Vetrano, Davide Liborio Liotta, Giuseppe Volpato, Stefano Relationship between People’s Interest in Medication Adherence, Health Literacy, and Self-Care: An Infodemiological Analysis in the Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Era |
title | Relationship between People’s Interest in Medication Adherence, Health Literacy, and Self-Care: An Infodemiological Analysis in the Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Era |
title_full | Relationship between People’s Interest in Medication Adherence, Health Literacy, and Self-Care: An Infodemiological Analysis in the Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Era |
title_fullStr | Relationship between People’s Interest in Medication Adherence, Health Literacy, and Self-Care: An Infodemiological Analysis in the Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Era |
title_full_unstemmed | Relationship between People’s Interest in Medication Adherence, Health Literacy, and Self-Care: An Infodemiological Analysis in the Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Era |
title_short | Relationship between People’s Interest in Medication Adherence, Health Literacy, and Self-Care: An Infodemiological Analysis in the Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Era |
title_sort | relationship between people’s interest in medication adherence, health literacy, and self-care: an infodemiological analysis in the pre- and post-covid-19 era |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10381156/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37511703 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm13071090 |
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