Provision and Need for Medicine Information in Asia and Africa: A Scoping Review of the Literature

Nualdaisri, Pitchaya; Corlett, Sarah; Krska, Janet

doi:10.1007/s40264-020-01038-8

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“…Studies in many other countries have demonstrated that the readability level of PIs was above the recommended reading level. 35 A previous study in Pakistan showed that 24.1% to 39.8% of patients had problems in reading and understanding the PIs. 13 Another study also found that around 40% of patients has some difficulty in understanding the language and technical terms used in the PIs.…”

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Thai Patients’ Drug Safety Knowledge and Perceptions Relating to Different Forms of Written Medicine Information: A Comparative Study

Wongtaweepkij¹,

Krska²,

Pongpunna³

et al. 2022

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Purpose The aim of the study was to evaluate the medication safety knowledge, quality of the written medicine information (WMI), and perceptions of taking the medicines in patients receiving package inserts (PIs) in comparison with patient information leaflets (PILs). Methods A cross-sectional, comparative study was conducted from December 2020 to May 2021 at two university hospitals in Thailand. Outpatients who visited the pharmacy departments and were prescribed one of the three medicines: atorvastatin, celecoxib, or metformin were randomly selected by a permuted block randomization. The medication safety knowledge was measured using a set of validated and closed questions. The quality of the WMI was measured by the Consumer Information Rating Form (CIRF). Satisfaction with information and perceptions of the benefits and risks of medications were rated by the participants using a visual analog scale (0 to 10). Results Of the 1150 invited patients, 750 completed the questionnaires (65.2%). A higher proportion of respondents with high level of medication safety knowledge was found in those reading the PILs than the PIs (44.5% and 20.8%, respectively). The type of leaflet received was a significant predictor of the high knowledge level (p < 0.001). The mean CIRF scores were significantly higher among those reading the PILs than the PIs (p < 0.001). Patients reading the PILs were also more satisfied with the information and had more positive perceptions of the benefits from taking medicines and intention to adhere than those reading the PIs. Patients’ perceptions of risks after reading both leaflets were moderate (median score = 5.0), with the PIL group having slightly more concern about risks than the PI group. Conclusion The PILs showed superior effectiveness to the PIs in enhancing knowledge about medication safety, providing greater satisfaction with the information, and positive perceptions of benefit and intention to comply with the medications. PILs should be provided more frequently to patients receiving medicines than PIs.

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Thai Patients’ Drug Safety Knowledge and Perceptions Relating to Different Forms of Written Medicine Information: A Comparative Study

Wongtaweepkij¹,

Krska²,

Pongpunna³

et al. 2022

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“…Studies show that consumers are aware of and report reading PIs. 1,2 A study in Thailand also found that PIs were common sources of information regarding medication, and most patients reported reading them, particularly for newly prescribed medications. 3 However, most PIs are considered difficult to understand for patients due to the use of complex medical terms and inappropriate format.…”

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Evaluation of Medicine Information Leaflets for Omeprazole, Safety Knowledge, and Perceptions of Taking the Medication in Thailand

Wongtaweepkij¹,

Sup-adulchai²,

Chanachoat³

et al. 2023

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This study aimed to compare package inserts and patient information leaflets for omeprazole in terms of the quality of and satisfaction with the written medicine information, medication safety knowledge, and perceived benefits and risks. Patients and methods: A cross-sectional, comparative study was conducted at a university hospital in Thailand. Outpatients visiting the pharmacy departments prescribed omeprazole were randomly selected to receive either a package insert or a patient information leaflet. Medication safety knowledge was measured using a set of eight questions. The quality of the written medicine information was measured by the Consumer Information Rating Form. Perceived benefits and risks of the medication were rated using a visual analog scale. Linear regression was used to determine factors associated with perceived benefits and risks. Results: Of the 645 patients, 293 agreed to answer the questionnaire. 157 and 136 patients were given patient information leaflets and package inserts, respectively. Most respondents were female (65.6%), over half had a degree (56.2%). Patients reading the patient information leaflets had slightly higher overall safety knowledge scores than those reading the package inserts (5.88 ± 2.25 vs 5.25 ± 1.84, p=0.01). Using the Consumer Information Rating Form, the patient information leaflets were given significantly higher scores compared to the package inserts for comprehensibility (19.34±3.92 vs 17.32±3.52, p<0.001) and design quality (29.25 ± 5.00 vs 23.81 ± 5.16, p<0.001). After reading the leaflets, patients receiving the patient information leaflets had significantly higher satisfaction with the information provided (p=0.003). In contrast, those receiving the package inserts rated the risks of omeprazole higher (p=0.007). Conclusion: Demonstrable differences were found from the patient perspective between a package insert and a patient information leaflet for the same medicine, mostly in favour of patient information leaflets. Medicine safety knowledge after reading PI and PIL was similar. However, receiving package inserts provided higher perceived risks from taking the medicine.

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“…Although simply written medicines information in local languages, with pictograms to aid understanding, is desired by patients/consumers in Asia and Africa, 12 not much is known about the guessability (ability to correctly guess meaning) of standard pharmaceutical pictograms within many of these settings. In Nigeria, the only available study to assess understanding of pictograms in patients, reported than the mean initial guessability score for selected FIP pictograms was 84.5%, which fell below the recommended threshold of 85%.…”

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Guessability of standard pharmaceutical pictograms in members of the Nigerian public

Abdu-Aguye

Sadiq

Shehu

et al. 2023

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Provision and Need for Medicine Information in Asia and Africa: A Scoping Review of the Literature

Cited by 13 publications

References 140 publications

Thai Patients’ Drug Safety Knowledge and Perceptions Relating to Different Forms of Written Medicine Information: A Comparative Study

Thai Patients’ Drug Safety Knowledge and Perceptions Relating to Different Forms of Written Medicine Information: A Comparative Study

Evaluation of Medicine Information Leaflets for Omeprazole, Safety Knowledge, and Perceptions of Taking the Medication in Thailand

Guessability of standard pharmaceutical pictograms in members of the Nigerian public

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