Validation of a new tool for evaluating subjects’ satisfaction with medicine package leaflets: a cross sectional descriptive study.
| dc.contributor.author | Pires, Carla Maria Batista Ferreira | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rosa, Pedro Joel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vigário, Marina | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cavaco, Afonso Miguel das Neves | |
| dc.contributor.institution | HEI-LAB (FCT) - Digital Laboratories for Environments and Human Interactions | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description | Sao Paulo Medical Journal | |
| 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.status | Non peer reviewed | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Pires , C M B F , Rosa , P J , Vigário , M & Cavaco , A M D N 2020 , ' Validation of a new tool for evaluating subjects’ satisfaction with medicine package leaflets: a cross sectional descriptive study. ' , Default journal . | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1646-3730 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Edições Universitárias Lusófonas | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Default 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 |