Readability Characteristics of Consumer Medication Information for Asthma Inhalation Devices

Abstract

Overall, most CMI for prescription inhalers is presented with a reading difficulty level, text size, diagrams, and instructions that make it suboptimal for patient education. Prescription inhaler manufacturers should consider revising their CMI to comply with generally accepted guidelines preparing patient education information.

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