Validation of a new tool for evaluating subjects’ satisfaction with medicine package leaflets : a cross-sectional descriptive study
| dc.contributor.author | Pires, Carla | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rosa, Pedro Joel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vigário, Marina | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cavaco, Afonso | |
| dc.contributor.institution | CBIOS (FCT) - Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde | |
| dc.contributor.institution | HEI-LAB (FCT) - Digital Laboratories for Environments and Human Interactions | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-09-01 | |
| dc.description | Publisher Copyright: © 2019 by Associação Paulista de Medicina. | |
| dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: Package leaflets of medicines need to be intelligible, but tools for their evaluation are scarce. OBJECTIVE: To validate a new tool for assessing subjects’ satisfaction with medicine package leaflets (LiS-RPL). DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional descriptive study conducted in two regions of Portugal (Lisbon and Centre). METHODS: 503 participants (53.1% male) were selected according to convenience and homogenously distributed into three groups: 1 to 6; 7 to 12; and > 12 years of schooling. LiS-RPL was developed based on international regulation guidelines and was initially composed of 14 items. Twelve package leaflets were tested. Dimensionality calculations included: exploratory factor analysis and minimum rank factor analysis; Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin index and Bartlett’s sphericity test to assess matrix adequacy for exploratory factor analysis; exploratory bifactor analysis with Schmid-Leiman solution to detect possible existence of a broad second-order factor; and Bentler’s Simplicity Index and Loading Simplicity Index to assess factor simplicity. Diverse coefficients were calculated to assess reliability. RESULTS: Minimum rank factor analysis detected a two-factor or single-factor structure. Exploratory factor analysis with 12 items showed a two-factor structure, explaining 69.11% of the variance. These items were strongly correlated with each other (r = 0.80). Schmid-Leiman: all items seemed to represent the general factor (loadings above 0.50), which was 76.4% of the extracted variance. Simplicity indices were good (percentile 99): Bentler’s Simplicity Index of 0.99 and Loading Simplicity Index of 0.48. Internal consistency indexes indicated good reliability. LiS-RPL was shown to be homogenous. CONCLUSION: LiS-RPL is a validated tool for evaluating subjects’ satisfaction with medicine package leaflets. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This work was partially supported by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), through grants: UID/LIN/00214/2019, SFRH/BD/76531/201 and UID/DTP/04567/2016 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Pires, C, Rosa, P J, Vigário, M & Cavaco, A 2019, 'Validation of a new tool for evaluating subjects’ satisfaction with medicine package leaflets : a cross-sectional descriptive study', Sao Paulo Medical Journal, vol. 137, no. 5, pp. 454-462. https://doi.org/10.1590/1516-3180.2019.0123160919 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1590/1516-3180.2019.0123160919 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1516-3180 | |
| dc.identifier.url | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85077886132&partnerID=8YFLogxK | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.publisher | Associacao Paulista de Medicina | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Sao Paulo Medical Journal | |
| dc.rights | openAccess | |
| dc.subject | CIÊNCIAS FARMACÊUTICAS | |
| dc.subject | MEDICAMENTOS | |
| dc.subject | INFORMAÇÃO EM SAÚDE | |
| dc.subject | REGULAÇÃO DA SAÚDE | |
| dc.subject | ESCALAS DE AVALIAÇÃO | |
| dc.subject | PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES | |
| dc.subject | DRUGS (PHARMACOLOGY) | |
| dc.subject | HEALTH INFORMATION | |
| dc.subject | HEALTH REGULATION | |
| dc.subject | ASSESSMENT SCALES | |
| dc.title | Validation of a new tool for evaluating subjects’ satisfaction with medicine package leaflets : a cross-sectional descriptive study | en |
| dc.type | article |