The effectiveness of using text and pictograms on oral rehydration, dry-mixture sachet labels

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dc.contributor.authorHeyns, Jeanne
dc.contributor.authorvan Huyssteen, Mea
dc.contributor.authorBheekie, Angeni
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-03T10:51:14Z
dc.date.available2021-09-03T10:51:14Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractMedication labels are often the only information available to patients after obtaining medication from a healthcare practitioner. Pictograms are graphic symbols that have shown to increase understanding of medicine use instructions. To compare the accuracy of the interpretation of medicine use instructions from two different oral rehydration (OR) dry-mixture sachet labels – the control ‘routine textonly’ label and an experimental label with ‘text-and-pictograms’. Participants were recruited from waiting rooms in public primary health care (PHC) facilities in Cape Town. Method: Each participant was required to answer six questions about OR preparation. Response accuracy was determined by comparing the participant’s answer to the actual information written on the relevant label. Afterwards, participants could offer their opinion about the label and ways to improve their understanding.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHeyns, J. et al. (2021). The effectiveness of using text and pictograms on oral rehydration, dry-mixture sachet labels . African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine, 13(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.4102/PHCFM.V13I1.2646en_US
dc.identifier.issn2071-2936
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v13i1.2646
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/6608
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAOSISen_US
dc.subjectMedication labelen_US
dc.subjectOral rehydrationen_US
dc.subjectPrimary health careen_US
dc.subjectDry-mixture sacheten_US
dc.subjectHealthcare practitioneren_US
dc.titleThe effectiveness of using text and pictograms on oral rehydration, dry-mixture sachet labelsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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