How does the side-effect information in patient information leaflets influence peoples' side-effect expectations? A cross-sectional national survey of 18- to 65-year-olds in England.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To establish how the terms recommended by the European Commission to describe side-effect risk in patient information leaflets (PILs) influences expectations of side-effects and to identify factors associated with these side-effect expectations.

Design

A cross-sectional online survey was carried out by a market research company.

Setting

Data were collected in England between 18th March and 1st April 2016.

Participants

A total of 1003 adults aged between 18 and 65.

Main outcome measures

Self-reported expectation that the described side-effects would affect participants if they took the medicine, measured on a likelihood scale from 1 (very unlikely) to 5 (very likely).

Results

Participants formed high expectations of side-effects for "ver

SUBMITTER: Webster RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5689242 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature