Ng Annie W Y, Chan Alan H S, Ho Vincy W S
Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
Appl Ergon. 2017 Jan;58:167-175. doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2016.06.005. Epub 2016 Jun 28.
This study examined the benefits of pharmaceutical pictograms for improving comprehension of medication information for older people. Fifty Hong Kong Chinese older people completed a medical information comprehension task for five drugs. Participants in the control group were presented with text labels while those in the experimental group were given the text labels plus supplementary pharmaceutical pictograms, and then all reported their understanding of the medication information conveyed. Lower educated older people had poorer understanding of medication information. The addition of pharmaceutical pictograms significantly improved the comprehension of medication information for older people. The majority of older people tested with pictograms favored adding pictograms to text and thought the pictograms were useful for conveying medical information rather than using written text alone. The findings suggested that pharmaceutical and health care professionals should include pharmaceutical pictograms on labels to better convey instructions on medication to older people.
本研究探讨了药品象形图在提高老年人对用药信息理解方面的益处。五十名香港华裔老年人完成了针对五种药物的医疗信息理解任务。对照组参与者看到的是文字标签，而实验组参与者则在文字标签的基础上还获得了补充性药品象形图，之后所有人都汇报了他们对所传达用药信息的理解。受教育程度较低的老年人对用药信息的理解较差。添加药品象形图显著提高了老年人对用药信息的理解。大多数接受象形图测试的老年人赞成在文字中添加象形图，并认为象形图有助于传达医疗信息，而不仅仅依靠书面文字。研究结果表明，制药和医疗保健专业人员应在标签上使用药品象形图，以便更好地向老年人传达用药说明。
