Pharmaceutical care requires a patient-centered approach, focusing on the ability of patients
to understand drug-related information and follow the instructions delivered by pharmacists …

Highlights•Participative involvement of end users is rare in pharmaceutical pictogram
design.•Pictogram success varies considerably between groups with different …

The relationship between reading ability and health, known as health literacy, broadly
reflects the skills and competencies required to operate within the healthcare environment. It …

Background: Consumer and patient participation proved to be an effective approach for
medical pictogram design, but it can be costly and time-consuming. We proposed and …

Objective Pictograms on prescription medication labels enhance medication literacy and
medication adherence. However, pictograms need to be contextually validated. We …

Introduction Pain is both difficult to see and to articulate and this is challenging for both
patients and clinicians. The aim of this study was to develop and test pictograms to describe …

One of the sources of poor health outcomes is the lack of compliance with the prescribed
treatment plans, often due to communication barriers between healthcare professionals and …

The aim of the present study was to develop a pictorial questionnaire for the assessment of
health-related quality of life (PictoQOL) and to examine its content validity and usability …

Objective In an earlier study, several tested International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
pictograms did not achieve validity among older adults in Singapore. In this study, for 27 …

Objective This study aimed to review relevant literature and develop a pictorial action plan
(PAP) to enhance self-management among older patients with chronic obstructive …