内服薬の区別と注意書きの識別に関する実態調査

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Due to the increasing number of aging patients and the number of medicines, problems continually a rise in regard to distinguishing medicines. A survey on how patients distinguish medicine and how well they understand the directions was conducted with 51 patients taking lectures at the diabetes section of our hospital (average age 55.9+12.8, mean±SD). A survey was conducted by inquiry. Patient average eyesight was 0.8±0.4 (right eye) and 0.8±0.5 (left eye). Whether they understood an enlarged illustration of how to remove a pill from a PTP sheet, 76.5% answered "understandable" while only 41.2% could not recognize the full-size illustration. In response to a question on the ease of reading the directions on the back of the PTP packaged tablet. 40.5% answered "easy to read". The size of the letters they recognized as "easy to read"was 13 points or larger. This survey revealed that almost half of the patients could not recognize medical information despite improvements of PTP packaging. Supplementary explanations and confirmations are thus necessary when giving patients dose instructions.
日本医療薬学会の論文
1998-02-10