Factors that Facilitate and Hinder the Comprehension of Patient Information Leaflets (PILs): A Brief Scoping Review

Introduction: Patient information leaflets (PILs) of medicinal products are informative documents that accompany medicines and explain their components, modes of use, interactions with other medicines, and other relevant issues. When patients do not adequately understand the information in the leafl...

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Autores principales:	Mariana Medina-Córdoba, Sara Cadavid, Andrés M. Pérez-Acosta, Valentina Amaya-Giraldo
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	comprehension drug labeling drug package insert medicine package insert patient information leaflet (PIL) readability Therapeutics. Pharmacology RM1-950
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5f18112366504565a2b9d308443b90522021-11-10T08:54:09ZFactors that Facilitate and Hinder the Comprehension of Patient Information Leaflets (PILs): A Brief Scoping Review1663-981210.3389/fphar.2021.740334https://doaj.org/article/5f18112366504565a2b9d308443b90522021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2021.740334/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1663-9812Introduction: Patient information leaflets (PILs) of medicinal products are informative documents that accompany medicines and explain their components, modes of use, interactions with other medicines, and other relevant issues. When patients do not adequately understand the information in the leaflets, they may engage in behaviors that affect their health (e.g., self-medication).Objective: To identify patient-related factors and characteristics of PILs that can promote cognitive, emotional, and behavioral changes that lead to appropriate drug use practices. Additionally, we aimed to determine strategies that could be implemented to design leaflets that convey adequate information and are easier to understand.Method and Results: We evaluated scientific articles published in databases and containing information on PILs suitability to be used in a patient population. A total of 51 articles were selected as the sample. Certain leaflet factors that favored or hindered understanding were identified (e.g., format in which the leaflets are presented, their structure, their adaptation to the sociodemographic and linguistic characteristics of the population, their wording…). Similarly, we also identified patient factors, such as previous experience taking the drugs referred to in the leaflet; the type of emotions experienced when reading the leaflets; the emphasis on the adverse effects of the medications; sociodemographic variables (i.e., age or educational level); and degree of interest in their own healthcare.Conclusion: Patient and leaflet factors influence the comprehension of information in the PIL; hence, emphasis should be placed on these factors to increase treatment and medication adherence and to reduce health-risk behaviors.Mariana Medina-CórdobaSara CadavidAndrés M. Pérez-AcostaValentina Amaya-GiraldoFrontiers Media S.A.articlecomprehensiondrug labelingdrug package insertmedicine package insertpatient information leaflet (PIL)readabilityTherapeutics. PharmacologyRM1-950ENFrontiers in Pharmacology, Vol 12 (2021)
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topic	comprehension drug labeling drug package insert medicine package insert patient information leaflet (PIL) readability Therapeutics. Pharmacology RM1-950
spellingShingle	comprehension drug labeling drug package insert medicine package insert patient information leaflet (PIL) readability Therapeutics. Pharmacology RM1-950 Mariana Medina-Córdoba Sara Cadavid Andrés M. Pérez-Acosta Valentina Amaya-Giraldo Factors that Facilitate and Hinder the Comprehension of Patient Information Leaflets (PILs): A Brief Scoping Review
description	Introduction: Patient information leaflets (PILs) of medicinal products are informative documents that accompany medicines and explain their components, modes of use, interactions with other medicines, and other relevant issues. When patients do not adequately understand the information in the leaflets, they may engage in behaviors that affect their health (e.g., self-medication).Objective: To identify patient-related factors and characteristics of PILs that can promote cognitive, emotional, and behavioral changes that lead to appropriate drug use practices. Additionally, we aimed to determine strategies that could be implemented to design leaflets that convey adequate information and are easier to understand.Method and Results: We evaluated scientific articles published in databases and containing information on PILs suitability to be used in a patient population. A total of 51 articles were selected as the sample. Certain leaflet factors that favored or hindered understanding were identified (e.g., format in which the leaflets are presented, their structure, their adaptation to the sociodemographic and linguistic characteristics of the population, their wording…). Similarly, we also identified patient factors, such as previous experience taking the drugs referred to in the leaflet; the type of emotions experienced when reading the leaflets; the emphasis on the adverse effects of the medications; sociodemographic variables (i.e., age or educational level); and degree of interest in their own healthcare.Conclusion: Patient and leaflet factors influence the comprehension of information in the PIL; hence, emphasis should be placed on these factors to increase treatment and medication adherence and to reduce health-risk behaviors.
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author	Mariana Medina-Córdoba Sara Cadavid Andrés M. Pérez-Acosta Valentina Amaya-Giraldo
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title	Factors that Facilitate and Hinder the Comprehension of Patient Information Leaflets (PILs): A Brief Scoping Review
title_short	Factors that Facilitate and Hinder the Comprehension of Patient Information Leaflets (PILs): A Brief Scoping Review
title_full	Factors that Facilitate and Hinder the Comprehension of Patient Information Leaflets (PILs): A Brief Scoping Review
title_fullStr	Factors that Facilitate and Hinder the Comprehension of Patient Information Leaflets (PILs): A Brief Scoping Review
title_full_unstemmed	Factors that Facilitate and Hinder the Comprehension of Patient Information Leaflets (PILs): A Brief Scoping Review
title_sort	factors that facilitate and hinder the comprehension of patient information leaflets (pils): a brief scoping review
publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/5f18112366504565a2b9d308443b9052
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Factors that Facilitate and Hinder the Comprehension of Patient Information Leaflets (PILs): A Brief Scoping Review

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