Table 2 Medication literacy for NSCLC patients with targeted therapy (n = 296)

Case scenario 1

 A1:According to the labeled instruction, how many times per day should you take

the medicine?

202 (68.2)

 A2:Please tell me how much medicine you should take each time and take out

the corresponding dose

129 (43.7)

 A3:According to the instruction, please tell us or point out What are the

adverse reactions of the medicine?

118 (39.8)

 A4:According to the instruction, please tell me what do you need to pay attention to about the medicine?

120 (40.6)

 A5:Looking at the prescription, if your medicine is run out, from whom you should get a new prescription?

152 (51.5)

Case scenario 2

 A6:Looking at the instructions on this package, how much dosing of the medicine should you take each time?

140 (47.3)

 A7:If you know the dosage of the medicine that you need to take, please tell the total dosage and pour medicine you should take a day

122 (41.5)

 A8:According to the directions, what is the maximum dosage should you take?

109 (36.9)

Case Scenario 3

 A9: Looking at this prescription, what is the name of the medicine that you need to buy at the pharmacy?

210 (71.1)

 A10:According to the prescription, how do you store medicine you take?

135 (45.7)

 A11:Looking at this bottle, the medicine in the bottle has the similar purpose with the medicine on the prescription, if you need to take 30 pills to treat the disease, how many boxes should you buy to make the correct amount of drug required by the original prescription?

179 (60.4)

Case Scenario 4

 A12: Looking at the box, when will the medicine expire?

200 (67.5)

 A13:According to the directions, what is or what are the active ingredients in each pill?

124 (41.9)

 A14: Please check the package carefully, in which cases should you stop the medicine?

129 (43.6)