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Pictograms for Labeling Medications

Pictograms for Labeling Medications. “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words”. Overview. Background Story board concept Culture specific pictograms Next step. Background. Patient comprehension of medication is a key factor affecting patient health outcomes

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Pictograms for Labeling Medications

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  1. Pictograms for Labeling Medications

  2. “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words”

  3. Overview • Background • Story board concept • Culture specific pictograms • Next step

  4. Background • Patient comprehension of medication is a key factor affecting patient health outcomes • Literacy level and lack of common language between patient and healthcare provider are barriers to patient comprehension

  5. Background • Studies have shown that using pictographic instructions to supplement written and oral instructions increases patient comprehension 1,2 • Pictograms have been shown to increase short-term and long-term (after 4 weeks) memory of complex medical instructions in patients who had less than fifth grade reading skills 3,4 1 Houts P.E. et al, using pictographs to enhance recall of spoken medical instructions II. Patient education and Counselling, 2001;43:231-242 2 Ngoh L.N, Shepherd M.D., Design, development and evaluation of visual aids for communicating prescription drug evaluations to nonliterate patients in rural Cameroon, Patient education and Counselling 1997;245-261 3 Houts P.E. et al, Using pictographs to enhance recall of spoken medical instructions. Patient education and Counselling, 1998;35:83-884 4 Houts P.e. et al, using pictographs to enhance recall of spoken medical instructions II. Patient education and Counselling, 2001;43:231-242

  6. The Storyboard Concept

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  8. Take with Food Indonesia Taiwan Finland Egypt Hungary United Kingdom Australia Serbia Singapore

  9. Do not drink alcohol Finland United Kingdom Egypt Singapore Hungary Australia Taiwan Indonesia Serbia

  10. Frequency - Morning Indonesia Singapore Serbia Finland Australia Hungary United Kingdom Egypt Taiwan

  11. Frequency - Noon

  12. Frequency - Evening Indonesia Hungary Taiwan Singapore Serbia Finland United Kingdom Australia

  13. Frequency – Night Taiwan Singapore Hungary United Kingdom Australia Taiwan Gabon Pakistan Benin

  14. So What Now? • Multicultural Community Advisory Committee • Aim: increase availability of pictograms to label medications for CHEO’s patients and parents who would benefit from it. • Presentation – October 10, 2006 • Proposal for Culture specific Focus groups

  15. Live website to access pictograms French interface: http://www.vigilance.ca/picto/picto-fr.htm Enlish interface: http://www.vigilance.ca/picto/picto-en.htm http://ca.geocities.com/sgrenier@rogers.com/WebSite/index.htm

  16. Questions/Comments?

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