The evaluation of pharmaceutical pictograms among elderly patients in community pharmacy settings - a multicenter pilot study. [PDF]
Patient Prefer Adherence, 2018 Introduction The search for new ways to optimize the use of medications by patients has led the pharmaceutical community to promote the idea of introducing pictograms into routine practice.
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Evaluation of designed pharmaceutical pictograms among the Malaysian population
Clinical Epidemiology and Global HealthBackground: Poor medication adherence to treatment regimen and medication errors among patients are the main concerns for pharmacists. One creative way to make medical information easier to understand, improve health literacy, and be more memorable for ...
Anil Tumkur +6 more
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A pilot study to evaluate pharmaceutical pictograms in a multispecialty hospital at dehradun. [PDF]
J Young Pharm, 2011 Pharmaceutical pictograms have the potential to play an important role in optimizing compliance in the illiterate patient population. Pictograms may improve warning comprehension for those with visual or literacy difficulties and can sometimes be ...
Joshi Y, Kothiyal P.
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The evaluation of pharmaceutical pictograms in a low-literate South African population [PDF]
Patient Education and Counseling, 2001 An inability to read and understand written medication instructions may be a major contributory factor to non-compliance in certain patient populations, particularly in countries with a high illiteracy rate such as South Africa.
Dowse, R, Ehlers, M
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Do Pictograms on Medication Packages Cause People to Consult Package Inserts Less Often? If so, With What Consequences? [PDF]
Behavioral Sciences, 2023 Overall, pharmaceutical pictograms seem to improve medication adherence. However, little is known about how warning pictograms (e.g., “do not drive after taking”) on medication packages influence patients’ information-seeking strategies such as ...
Ester Reijnen +3 more
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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, 2019 Objective: 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 ...
Bos, Mark J.W. +4 more
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Evaluating attitudes of pharmacy students toward pharmaceutical side effect pictograms: Ankara sample [PDF]
European Journal of Life SciencesPictograms are graphic symbols that facilitate international communications and express objects and the meaning of these objects. Using pictograms in health is essential to informing patients, especially in cases such as illiteracy, language problems ...
Arslan, Miray +3 more
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Legibility of Pharmaceutical Pictograms
Visible Language, 2021 The design of medicinal information in leaflets and labels is often criticized for not meeting patients' needs. For that reason, there is an increasing focus on how the use of pictures, such as pictograms, may benefit patients on their medical journey ...
P. Pedersen
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Evaluation of pharmaceutical pictogram comprehension among adults in the Philippines
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2022 Background The use of pharmaceutical pictograms to enhance patients’ understanding of drug regimens has been proven effective in many countries. There are two reference systems for pictograms generally used in pharmacy: the United States Pharmacopeia ...
Margarita M. Gutierrez +2 more
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Evaluation of the patients’ satisfaction on pharmaceutical pictogram provided in a Polish community pharmacy – pilot study [PDF]
Farmacja Polska, 2020 Background: Pharmaceutical pictograms are useful tools aimed to improve patients’ understanding of medical information. They can be easily implemented into routine settings and can embrace various information, among others, about drug regimen, drug ...
Adrianna Narożny +5 more
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