Results 31 to 40 of about 533,042 (147)

Availability and use of number needed to treat (NNT) based decision aids for pharmaceutical interventions

Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2021
Background: The number needed to treat (NNT) is a medical statistic used to gauge the efficacy of therapeutic interventions. The versatility of this absolute effect measure has allowed its use in the formulation of many decision aids to support patients ...
Cassandra Nguyen, Mark Naunton, Jackson Thomas, Lyn Todd, John McEwen, Mary Bushell   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comprehensibility of selected united states pharmacopeia pictograms by illiterate and literate farsi speakers: The first experience in Iran – Part II

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2017
Background: Conveying information to patients on how to use medications at the dispensing sessions and retention of this information by the patients is essential to the good pharmaceutical care.
Amir H Zargarzadeh, Sahar Ahmadi
doaj   +1 more source

Comprehensibility of selected USP pictograms by illiterate and literate Farsi speakers: The first experience in Iran - Part I

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2017
Background: Good understanding of medication instructions is paramount to a good pharmaceutical care. The aim of our study was to examine the understandability of the selected three most applicable pictograms by participants and their recall after ...
Amir H Zargarzadeh, Sahar Ahamdi
doaj   +1 more source

Did the French pregnancy pictogram change antiseizure medication use during pregnancy? [PDF]

Epilepsia
Abstract Objective The aim of this study was to assess the impact of introducing a pregnancy pictogram on medication packaging on the prescription and dispensation of antiseizure medications and on the maternal and neonatal outcomes for women exposed to these medications.
Araujo M, Damase-Michel C, Denuelle M, Boulogne S, Delteil L, Saucedo M, Deneux-Tharaux C, Lacroix I.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

A Pragmatic Trial of a Shared Decision‐Making Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence and Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The HCQ‐SAFE Study

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) nonadherence in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) stemming from decision complexities can be improved with shared decision‐making (SDM) tools clarifying benefits and harms. This study aimed to develop and evaluate HCQ‐SAFE, a pictogram‐based SDM tool during SLE visits.
Caroline Packee, Jay J. Patel, Jessica Kent, Betty Chewning, Sancia Ferguson, Patricia Tellez‐Giron, David Gazeley, Christie M. Bartels, Shivani Garg   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mobile health interventions to improve adherence to oral anticoagulant treatment: A systematic review and critical analysis

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Non‐adherence to oral anticoagulants (OACs) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Mobile health (mHealth) interventions have been used to improve medication adherence across the three phases of initiation, implementation and persistence.
Non Davies, Elin Haf Davies, Dyfrig A. Hughes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Avoidance habit learning after recovery from anorexia nervosa: An fMRI study

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, EarlyView.
Background Anorexia Nervosa (AN) has been linked to altered self‐regulatory control processes and maladaptive habitual avoidance behavior. Both goal‐directed and habit systems may be relevant to AN, in which restrictive eating behavior can appear highly deliberate and increasingly automatic over time.
Clara M. Breier, Julius Hennig, Joseph A. King, Daniel Geisler, Arne Doose, Ilka Boehm, Maria Seidel, Tung Anh Nguyen, Katharina Zwosta, Veit Roessner, Uta Wolfensteller, Hannes Ruge, Stefan Ehrlich   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Circumscription of three new taxa of Merismopedia‐like Cyanobacteria shows how far convergent evolution can go

Journal of Phycology, EarlyView.
Abstract The genus Merismopedia (Merismopediaceae, Chroococcales), characterized by rectangular colonies with cells arranged in regular perpendicular rows and columns, represents a challenging study system due to its limited cultivability. The genus recently underwent taxonomic revision using cultivation‐independent techniques and a polyphasic approach.
Jan Pokorný, Jan Kaštovský, Lenka Marešová Štenclová   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of the addition of pharmaceutical pictograms as visual aids on the comprehension of package inserts in students completing secondary education [PDF]

, 2023
Introducción: La Atención Farmacéutica requiere que los pacientes comprendan la información brindada. La inclusión de ayudas visuales podría mejorar la comprensión de textos complejos como son los prospectos de los medicamentos.
Cura, Yasmin, Fuentes Senise, Carlos, Ferreira Alfaya, Francisco Javier, Zarzuelo Romero, María José   +3 more
core   +1 more source

A novel approach of using educational pharmaceutical pictogram for improving inhaler techniques in patients with asthma [PDF]

Respiratory Medicine, 2018
Proper inhaler technique is essential to maximize the benefit of medications and improve asthma outcomes.To evaluate newly developed pictogram-incorporated medals and their utility on improving the inhaler techniques in asthmatic patients.A prospective, an open label, randomized controlled clinical study was conducted in Jordan from November 2016 to ...
Basima A. Almomani, Enas Mokhemer, Nour A. Al-Sawalha, Suleiman M. Momany   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources