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The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between health literacy (HL) and medication adherence (MA) of patients who presented at the INR outpatient clinic with a history of warfarin usage.

In the study, 173 patients over the age of 18 years who were being followed up at the INR outpatient clinic of Bursa Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital between October 2022 and April 2023 and were using warfarin were evaluated. All the cases were evaluated with the Newest Vital Sign (NVS) Scale, and an MA scale.

It was found that only 43.4% of the cases using warfarin had an adequate HL level. Only 11.6% of the cases using warfarin showed high compliance with the use of the drug. There was a significant positive relationship between the NVS scores and MA scores of the patients (r=0.555, p<0.001). Cases with a bleeding history had statistically significantly lower mean …