Improving medicine usage through patient information leaflets in India
| Autor: | Prafull D Sheth, Jeevan Jha, Sangeeta Sharma, Usha Gupta, Ranjit Roy Chaudhury |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Pharmacist India Tertiary care Patient Education as Topic Internal medicine Patient information medicine Humans Outpatient clinic Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study Information Dissemination business.industry Public health Confounding Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Patient Acceptance of Health Care Infectious Diseases Pharmaceutical Preparations Patient Compliance Female Health education business |
| Zdroj: | Tropical Doctor. 35:164-166 |
| ISSN: | 1758-1133 0049-4755 |
| DOI: | 10.1258/0049475054620644 |
| Popis: | The impact of patient information leaflets (PILs) was measured in an outpatient department of a large tertiary care public health facility in India. Patients were allocated to control (114) or intervention group (118). Patients in the intervention group received PILs. The primary indicators [mean±standard deviation (SD)] improved significantly in the intervention group compared with the control group (15.7±7.3 versus 12.2±5.4). A three-fold ( P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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