Hyoguchi Naomi, Kobayashi Daisuke, Kubota Toshio, Shimazoe Takao
Kyushu University.
Kyushu University
J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ. 2016 Oct;21(4):416-21. doi: 10.1093/deafed/enw037. Epub 2016 Jun 4.
Deaf people often experience difficulty in understanding medication information provided by pharmacists due to communication barriers. We held medication education lectures for deaf and hard of hearing (HH) individuals and examined the extent to which deaf participants understood medication-related information as well as their attitude about medication. We used two questionnaires to compare the results from the deaf participants with those from the HH and hearing participants. We found that before the lecture, the deaf participants' understanding of medication use was lower than that of the HH and hearing participants. The deaf participants' knowledge increased after the lecture, but did not improve to the level exhibited by the HH participants. However, the deaf participants felt confident using medication despite their low comprehension levels. In conclusion, adjusting the medication information provided by pharmacists according to the recipient's reading level could help improve deaf patients' knowledge; however, such measures might not increase deaf patients' comprehension levels sufficiently.
由于沟通障碍，聋人在理解药剂师提供的用药信息时常常遇到困难。我们为聋人和听力障碍者举办了用药教育讲座，并调查了聋人参与者对用药相关信息的理解程度以及他们对药物的态度。我们使用两份问卷，将聋人参与者的结果与听力障碍者和听力正常参与者的结果进行比较。我们发现，在讲座前，聋人参与者对用药的理解低于听力障碍者和听力正常参与者。讲座后，聋人参与者的知识有所增加，但并未提高到听力障碍者参与者所展示的水平。然而，尽管理解水平较低，聋人参与者在用药时仍感到自信。总之，根据接受者的阅读水平调整药剂师提供的用药信息，可能有助于提高聋人患者的知识水平；然而，这些措施可能无法充分提高聋人患者的理解水平。
