Pharmaceutical pictograms: User-centred redesign, selection and validation [PDF]
PEC Innovation, 2023 Objective: In an earlier study, several tested International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) pictograms did not achieve validity among older adults in Singapore.
Choon Huat Gerald Koh +2 more
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Guessability of standard pharmaceutical pictograms in members of the Nigerian public [PDF]
Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2023 Background: Pharmaceutical pictograms are standardized images used to visually convey medication instructions. Very little is known about the ability of Africans to interpret these images.
Samirah Abdu-Aguye, Aishatu Shehu
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Patient satisfaction survey of the “Healthy Heart” pharmaceutical care service – evaluation of pharmacy labelling with pharmaceutical pictograms [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2023 Introduction Low adherence is a major challenge in healthcare worldwide, being particularly dangerous for patients with chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases and heart failure, where strict adherence is essential. Non-adherence is observed in
Piotr Merks +8 more
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Assessing the Understanding of Pharmaceutical Pictograms among Cultural Minorities: The Example of Hindu Individuals Communicating in European Portuguese [PDF]
Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland), 2018 One of the sources of poor health outcomes is the lack of compliance with the prescribed treatment plans, often due to communication barriers between healthcare professionals and patients.
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Guessability of U.S. pharmaceutical pictograms in Iranian prospective users. [PDF]
Pharm Pract (Granada), 2020 This study examined the gueassability of US pharmaceutical pictograms as well as associated demographic factors and cognitive design features among Iranian adults.A total of 400 participants requested to guess the meaning of 53 US pharmaceutical pictograms using the open-ended method.
Saremi M, Shekaripour ZS, Khodakarim S.
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The Evaluation of Pharmaceutical Packaging Pictograms via Eye Tracking Technique [PDF]
INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy, 2022 Background: Various visual tools are used to improve medication adherence in communication with the patient. Pharmaceutical pictograms are one such tool utilized within this communication process. Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the
Merve Memişoğlu, Yener Yener Girişken
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Recall of Pharmaceutical Pictograms by Older Adults. [PDF]
Can J Hosp Pharm, 2019 ABSTRACTBackground: Low health literacy and high medication burden in the older adult population are contributing factors to the misunderstanding of medication instructions, leading to an increased risk of poor adherence and adverse events in this group of patients.
Vaillancourt R +4 more
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A qualitative study to explore the perspectives of key stakeholders regarding pharmaceutical pictograms in Pakistan [PDF]
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and PracticeBackground: This qualitative study in Pakistan aims to gather perspectives from health regulators, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and healthcare professionals regarding the implementation of pharmaceutical pictograms.Methods: An exploratory qualitative ...
Kanza Arshad +3 more
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Evaluation of pharmaceutical pictograms by older “turkers”: A cross-sectional crowdsourced study [PDF]
Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 2021 Well-designed pharmaceutical pictograms may improve patients' understanding of medication instructions. However, the iterative participatory design process required to produce effective pictograms can be costly in terms of money, time, and effort.
Shih-Yin Lin, George Demiris
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Pharmaceutical pictograms for low-literate patients: Understanding, risk of false confidence, and evidence-based design strategies [PDF]
Patient Education and Counseling, 2017 This study aims to (1) evaluate ten pharmaceutical pictograms for low-literate patients on understandability, (2) assess the risk of false confidence in understanding, and (3) identify how the design can be improved to increase understandability.Interviews were conducted with n=197 pharmacy visitors in the Netherlands.
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