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Research in Social and Administrative PharmacyClear patient instructions are essential in pharmaceutical care. However, literature reveals a consistent gap between the readability of medication messages and population skills. This study aimed to assess the comprehension of information in three Prescription Medication Leaflets, with and without supplementary US Pharmacopeia (USP) pictograms, among ...
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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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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.
Pedersen, Pia
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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 recognized and recalled far better than words. The main purpose of this study is to determine whether these
Joshi Y, Kothiyal P.
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 Pharmaceutical care requires a patient-centered approach, focusing on the ability of patients to understand drug-related information and follow the instructions delivered by pharmacists as well as other health-care providers included in the circle of ...
Piotr Merks +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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Pharmaceutical indication pictograms for low literacy viewers: Health literacy and comprehension
Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2023 Background: Poor comprehension of pharmaceutical pictograms used on medicine labels or leaflets can compromise understanding of medicine-taking information, potentially causing negative health outcomes.
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Behavioral Sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 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 ...
Swen Jonas Kühne +2 more
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The evaluation of pharmaceutical pictograms among elderly patients in community pharmacy settings - a multicenter pilot study. [PDF]
Patient Prefer Adherence, 2018 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. The main intention of pictograms is to ease patient adherence and to reduce potential risks or errors associated with the use of medications.To evaluate a series of ...
Merks P +9 more
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Patient Preference and Adherence, 2018 Piotr Merks,1,2,* Damian Świeczkowski,3,* Marcin Balcerzak,4 Ewelina Drelich,4 Katarzyna Białoszewska,5 Natalia Cwalina,3 Jerzy Krysinski,1 Miłosz Jaguszewski,3 Annie Pouliot,6 Regis Vaillancourt6 1Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Collegium ...
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