The suitability of United States Pharmacopoeia Dispensory Information psychotropic drug leaflets for urban patients with limited reading skills.
Although considerable research exist on the readability of patient education materials, few studies have focused on the efficacy of information drug leaflets used for psychopharmacology education of patients with limited reading skills. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the suitability of United States Pharmacopoeia Dispensary Information (USP-DI) drug leaflets (N = 42) for educating urban in-patients at a psychiatric unit using measurement criteria of the Suitability Assessment for Materials (SAM) instrument. The findings showed the USP-DI information drug leaflets were unsuitable as an educational tool for psychiatric in-patients with poor reading ability.
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College of Nursing, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
D004346:Drug Information Services; D004522:Educational Status; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D010174:Pamphlets; D010602:Pharmacopoeias as Topic; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011932:Reading; D013664:Teaching Materials / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs