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A study of patients' self‐interpretation of prescription instructions
Author(s) -
Sarriff A.,
Aziz N. A.,
Hassan Y.,
Ibrahim P.,
Darwis Y.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.622
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1365-2710
pISSN - 0269-4727
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2710.1992.tb01280.x
Subject(s) - medical prescription , interpretation (philosophy) , medicine , family medicine , schedule , alternative medicine , nursing , computer science , pathology , programming language , operating system
SUMMARY This study examined out‐patients' interpretation of prescription instructions at a community hospital. The results showed a wide range of misinterpretation with respect to drug name, dose schedule, and auxiliary labels. Age level, education and financial status emerged as the most significant variables associated with the patient's response. Therefore, both physicians and pharmacists may wish to review their traditional prescribing and dispensing procedures to help out‐patients make better use of potent medication.