Observational Study
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World J Clin Cases. May 6, 2023; 11(13): 2956-2965
Published online May 6, 2023. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i13.2956
Assessment of knowledge, cultural beliefs, and behavior regarding medication safety among residents in Harbin, China
Xuan-Tong Liu, Na Wang, Li-Qiu Zhu, Yu-Bo Wu
Xuan-Tong Liu, Yu-Bo Wu, Department of Pharmacy, The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China
Na Wang, Department of Pharmacy, Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China
Li-Qiu Zhu, Ge Xin Community Health Service Center, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China
Author contributions: Liu XT conceived and designed the experiments; Liu XT, Wang N, Zhu LQ, and Wu YB performed the experiments; Liu XT and Wang N analyzed the data and wrote the paper; Liu XT contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools; and all author shave read and approved the final version of this manuscript.
Supported by 2021 Science Popularization Research Project of National Medical Information Network, Chinese Pharmaceutical Association, No. CMEI2021KPYJ00101.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the ethics committee of the Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University.
Informed consent statement: All patients who met the inclusion criteria were informed of the purpose of the study with the delivery of an information sheet and were invited to participate. All of them expressed their verbal consent and there was no refusal to participate.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: The datasets generated and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement-checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement-checklist of items.
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Corresponding author: Xuan-Tong Liu, MD, Doctor, Department of Pharmacy, The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University, No. 37 Yiyuan Street, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China. liuxuantong1986@126.com
Received: August 1, 2022
Peer-review started: August 1, 2022
First decision: October 24, 2022
Revised: November 9, 2022
Accepted: April 4, 2023
Article in press: April 4, 2023
Published online: May 6, 2023
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Despite its importance, little work has been done to understand the knowledge, cultural beliefs, and behavior around medication safety among the public. To conduct a survey on medication habits and explored the potential factors impacting medication safety. This study described the knowledge, cultural beliefs, and behavior around medication safety in the general population of Harbin, China, and identified factors that impact these aspects.