Paper Info
Title
A Comparison of Danish and Canadian Consumer Medication Information.
Abstract
Many people around the world use prescription medications. Consumers often require information about their medications to support taking them safely and effectively. One source of such information is Consumer Medication Information (CMI). Canadians typically receive printed CMI when a new prescription is filled whereas Danes have the online resource min.medicin.dk. This study compared the content and design of Danish and Canadian CMI. Danish CMI satisfied seven of the 11 content utility criteria (developed in previous work) identified as supporting the safe and effective medication use. However, Danish CMI provided a more information about how frequently possible side effects occur and multimedia (e.g., images, videos) directions for some medications. This study examined some of the similarities and differences between how Canadians and Danes are informed about medications. However, further research is required to determine what content and methods of delivery are most beneficial in supporting safe and effective medication use.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.3233/978-1-61499-794-8-147
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Consumer Medication Information,Patient Education,Patient Leaflets,Content Utility,Information Design,Consumer Health Informatics
Conference
241
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0926-9630
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Helen Monkman134.20
Christian Nøhr213729.06
Andre W Kushniruk317942.79