How readable are antihypertensive drug inserts?

How readable are practice leaflets?

Over the past few years the subject of doctors' communication skills has come under scrutiny, and in 1991 a consensus conference was held in Toronto.' Attention has focused mainly on the outcome of messages between doctor and patient when both are present. Yet much communication takes place in the doctor's absence by means of leaflets and notices. This important topic has seldom been studied. A...

How Readable Are Summary Plan Descriptions For Health Care Plans?

• SPDs are the primary source of health plan information: The summary plan description (SPD) is the primary source of information for workers who participate in an employment-based health care plan. This study investigates whether private-sector employers' SPDs are written so that an average plan participant can identify and read important information contained in the document, as required by f...

How readable are Australian paediatric oral health education materials?

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to analyse the readability of paediatric oral health education leaflets available in Australia. METHODS Forty paediatric oral health education materials were analysed for general readability according to the following parameters: Thoroughness; Textual framework; Terminology; and Readability (Flesch-Kincaid grade level (FKGL), Gunning Fog index (Fog) ...

[Drug package inserts and the adequacy of patient's drug information].

OBJECTIVE To investigate the adequacy of the content and format of the patient information section in package inserts of commonly prescribed drugs at the internal medicine service of a school hospital. METHODS Forty eight package inserts were collected from six pharmacies of the city of Porto Alegre in June 1998. The presence of mandatory notification and other information required by Brazili...

Food Taxes: How Likely Are Likely Effects?