| Abstrak/Abstract |
Introduction: Despite the significance of health literacy to health outcomes, there remains limited data on it in Indonesia, or whether drug information services provided by pharmacists can improve patients’ health literacy. Objectives: The research aimed to measure health literacy of health care visitors in Yogyakarta City, Indonesia, and to identify whether the amount of drug information received from pharmacists, among other factors, is a determinant of health literacy. Method: A Health Literacy Survey-Europe-Asia-Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Asia-Q) and a Drug Information Questionnaire were distributed purposively to visitors of pharmacies, hospitals, and primary health centres in Yogyakarta City during October and November 2016. The relationships between respondents’ characteristics, including the amount of drug information received from pharmacists, and their health literacy index were analysed using Chi Square. Results: Out of 400 respondents, limited health literacy index scores were shown in 269 respondents. There was evidence that the scores were relative to the amount of drug information they had received from pharmacists (p ? 0.05). Conclusion: This study complements health literacy index data in Yogyakarta City, Indonesia, and provides evidence of potential health literacy determinants. |
