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Development and evaluation of user-tested Thai patient information leaflets for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: Effect on patients' knowledge

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2019

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19326203

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10.1371/journal.pone.0210395

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มหาวิทยาลัยศรีนครินทรวิโรฒ

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PLoS ONE. Vol 14, No.1 (2019)

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Jarernsiripornkul N., Phueanpinit P., Pongwecharak J., Krska J. Development and evaluation of user-tested Thai patient information leaflets for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: Effect on patients' knowledge. PLoS ONE. Vol 14, No.1 (2019). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0210395 Retrieved from: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14740/5722

Title

Development and evaluation of user-tested Thai patient information leaflets for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: Effect on patients' knowledge

Author(s)

Jarernsiripornkul N.
 Phueanpinit P.
 Pongwecharak J.
 Krska J.

Abstract

Introduction: Thai patients do not routinely receive patient information leaflets (PILs) with medicines, so awareness of safety issues is low. This study aimed: i) to develop Thai PILs for NSAIDs and subject these to user-testing, and ii) to assess the potential value of PILs from the patient perspective and effect on patient knowledge. Methods: Four PILs for NSAIDs were developed and subjected to multiple rounds of user-testing by the general public. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to orthopaedic outpatients prescribed one of these NSAIDs, assessing knowledge before and after providing a PIL. The follow-up questionnaire also sought use of and views on the PILs using a visual analogue scale (VAS). Results: 1,240 baseline questionnaires were completed; only 13.5% of patients had good knowledge. 688 patients returned follow-up questionnaires (55.5%), of whom75% had good knowledge. In patients completing both questionnaires, mean knowledge score increased from 6.22±1.40 to 8.42±1.41 (p<0.001). Patients with high educational levels had high baseline scores (OR = 2.728) and showed greatest improvement in knowledge (OR = 5.628). 90% (625) of follow-up respondents indicated they read all information in the PILs. All also agreed that these PILs should distributed to all patients taking NSAIDs. The median VAS score for usefulness was 9.3 (IQR 8.6-10.0). Conclusions: User-testing of PILs was feasible in a Thai population and enabled the development of acceptable and desirable PILs. PILs could improve patients' knowledge about their medicine, particularly among those with higher educational level. User-tested PILS could meet the need for more written medicine information. Copyright: © 2019 Jarernsiripornkul et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Nonsteroid antiinflammatory agent
 Nonsteroid antiinflammatory agent
 Adult
 Aged
 Article
 Clinical effectiveness
 Clinical practice
 Educational status
 Feasibility study
 Female
 Follow up
 Human
 Language
 Major clinical study
 Male
 Outpatient department
 Patient education
 Patient information
 Patient information leaflet
 Practice guideline
 Prescription
 Thai (language)
 Thai (people)
 Visual analog scale
 Attitude to health
 Evaluation study
 Middle aged
 Patient education
 Publication
 Questionnaire
 Thailand
 Adult
 Aged
 Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
 Female
 Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
 Humans
 Male
 Middle Aged
 Pamphlets
 Patient Education as Topic
 Surveys and Questionnaires
 Thailand

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