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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Do trial-and-error practices and the use of the internet influence how medicines are used? |
Author: | Price, K. Taylor, A. DalGrande, E. Kralik, D. |
Citation: | Australian Journal of Primary Health, 2013; 20(3):228-235 |
Publisher: | Australian Journal Primary Health, Australian Institute Primary Care & School Public Health |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
ISSN: | 1448-7527 1836-7399 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Kay Price, Anne W. Taylor, Eleonora Dal Grande and Debbie Kralik |
Abstract: | The aim of this research was to identify if people understood and used a practice termed ‘trial and error’ and the association of this practice to: (1) taking medicines as prescribed; and (2) use of the internet to assist their self-care decision-making. A national Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) was conducted in 2011 of a random sample of 3003 adults aged 18 years and over. Multivariable modelling, in stages, was undertaken adjusting for a range of demographics and associated health variables. There is a very strong relationship between the use of trial-and-error practices and not taking prescription medicines as prescribed. In addition, adults who state that they use trial-and-error practices to assist their health-related decision-making are more likely to have used the internet for information and then as a result, adjusted medicines or treatment. Any health care initiative directed at ensuring people take medicines as prescribed cannot dismiss the use of trial-and-error practices derived from information found on the internet. |
Keywords: | Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing internet self-care decision-making taking medicines trial-and-error practices |
Rights: | Copyright status unknown |
DOI: | 10.1071/PY13007 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py13007 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Medicine publications |
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