Sim, Si Mui and Lai, Pauline Siew Mei and Tan, Kit Mun and Lee, Hong Gee and Sulaiman, Che Zuraini (2018) Development and Validation of the Return and Disposal of Unused Medications Questionnaire (ReDiUM) in Malaysia. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 30 (8). pp. 737-749. ISSN 1010-5395, DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1010539518811161.
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The aim of our study was to develop and validate the return and disposal of unused medications (ReDiUM), as there are currently no validated tools available (worldwide) to assess this. The ReDiUM was developed by an expert panel. It was then administered to community-dwelling adults, who could understand English, at baseline and 2 weeks later. A total of 338/354 participants agreed to participate (response rate = 95.4%). Flesch reading ease was 60. The overall Cronbach’s α was 0.703 (range = 0.609-0.762). At test-retest, κ values ranged from 0.244 to 0.523. Median total knowledge score was 60% (interquartile range = 40% to 70%). The majority of participants (94.4%) knew that improper drug disposal has harmful effects on the environment. However, their knowledge was low (11.2%) regarding the disposal of pressurized metered-dose inhalers in the garbage. The ReDiUM was found to be a valid and reliable instrument to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice on the ReDiUM in Malaysia.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | University of Malaya Living Lab Grant Program (LL030-16SUS) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | health care services; air pollution and health; climate change; validation; unused medications |
| Subjects: | R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Mar 2019 01:30 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Mar 2019 01:30 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/20657 |
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