Investigating the impact of patient-centred labels on comprehension of medication dosing: a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to implement a version of patient-centred labels (PCL) consistent with current labelling practice in Australia; assess the effectiveness of PCL in relation to the proportion of participants that correctly comprehend dosing instructions, and explore the proportion of correct comprehension of PCL in participants with both low and high health literacy.

Design

Randomised controlled trial.

Setting

A large tertiary care hospital in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Participants

121 participants with a majority born in Australia (65.3%), New Zealand (14.0%), the UK (6.6%) and Ireland (2.5%).

Intervention

Participants were randomly assigned to either a panel of three PCL (n=61) or three standard labels (n=60) and asked to comprehend thei

SUBMITTER: Saleem A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8603299 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature