title: [Status of knowledge and behavior of drug use among residents in 5 provinces in China in 2011].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the status of knowledge and behavior of drug use among urban and rural residents in 5 provinces in China to suggest priority intervention strategies and measures for drug use health education.
  
  
  METHODS
  From March to May of 2011, 6159 urban and rural residents were selected from Beijing, Liaoning, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Shaanxi provinces by the multistage stratified sampling method and were investigated by the questionnaires on drug use knowledge and behavior.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The residents' average awareness rate for 11 pieces of basic drug use information was 48.3% (32,750/67,749). The residents' average awareness rate in the rural (40.3%, 9189/22 792) was lower than that in metropolitan (51.9%, 11 483/22 110) and small and middle-sized cities (52.9%, 12,078/22,847) and the differences had statistical significance (χ2=889.30, P<0.01). Overall, 77.0% (4742/6159) of residents purchased drug according to the doctors' prescription; 36.9% (2271/6159) of residents bought by their experiences; 33.3% (2049/6159) of residents did not know whether they had bought faked drugs; 32.7% (2016/6159) of residents did not read instructions carefully before using drug; 83.4% (5134/6159) of residents stored drugs in their house and only 29.2% (1798/6159) of residents would check up expired drugs regularly; 59.6% (3673/6159) of residents changed drug by themselves after suspected adverse reaction of drugs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Chinese urban and rural residents' knowledge level of drug use is inadequate and drug use behaviors are not optimistic. Drug use health education should be enhanced among urban and rural residents.
authors.affiliation: Divison of Health Education Theory and Policy, Chinese Center for Health Education (Health News and Communication Center, Ministry of Health), Beijing 100011, China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Ying-hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yu-lan
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Xue-qiong
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Nie
authors.forename: Mu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiang-yang
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Nan-fang
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Qun-an
authors.initials: QA
authors.lastname: Mao
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D004358:Drug Therapy; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D055553:Prescription Drugs; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D055553:Prescription Drugs