Assessment of knowledge, cultural beliefs, and behavior regarding medication safety among residents in Harbin, China

Table 1 The scores for each dimensions in KAP model

Domain	Total level/factor	Number of items	Range	mean ± SD	Scoring rate, %
Knowledge	Medicine tips	13	13-78	28.08 ± 9.70	35.9
	Antibacterial drugs	6	6-36	12.87 ± 5.56	35.75
	Drug withdrawal	4	4-24	9.22 ± 3.69	38.42
	Drug store	2	2-12	4.71 ± 1.99	39.25
	Drug selection	2	2-12	4.54 ± 1.98	37.83
	Total scores	27	27-162	59.41 ± 19.33	36.67
Cultural beliefs	Cultural beliefs 1	6	6-36	26.90 ± 5.57	74.72
	Cultural beliefs 2	5	5-30	13.76 ± 6.22	45.87
	Total scores	11	14-66	40.66 ± 9.24	61.61
Behavior	Premeditation behavior	8	9-48	22.24 ± 6.24	46.33
	Behavior in medication	3	3-18	4.91 ± 2.48	27.28
	Medication compliance	6	6-36	11.31 ± 4.50	31.42
	Medication storage behavior	3	3-18	8.53 ± 3.11	47.39
	Medication purchasing behavior	3	4-18	10.69 ± 2.33	59.39
	Expired medication management	1	1-6	3.29 ± 1.52	54.83
	Total scores	24	35-144	60.97 ± 13.69	42.34