Personalized labeling: A strategy for supporting self-medicating patients' decision-making during selection and use.

ABSTRACT: Interactions between self-medicating consumers and over-the-counter medication (OTC) influence the quality of information processed and, hence, the appropriateness of medication-use decisions. Previous work has shown that information deemed necessary for the safe and effective use of an OTC, information that is required to be present in the Drug Facts Label (DFLs), is often overlooked, and that decision-making related to OTC use could be improved. We proposed the concept of "personalized labeling" to address these shortcomings. This strategy uses an augmented reality interface which presents users with recommendations related to an OTC's appropriateness for that individual's use They receive the recommendations via a smart phone app that allows them to point their camera at packages on the

SUBMITTER: Liu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12863541 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature