- Title
- Comprehension and acceptability of a patient information leaflet (PIL) for antiretroviral therapy:
- Creator
- Mwingira, Betty
- Creator
- Dowse, Roslind
- Date Issued
- 2006
- Date
- 2006
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156902
- Identifier
- vital:40065
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v11i3.236
- Description
- The patient information leaflet (PIL) is recognised as playing a key role in informing patients about their medicines. The objectives of this research were to evaluate the readability and understanding of a PIL for the first-line ARV (antiretroviral) regimen available in the South African public health sector, and investigate its acceptability in the target Xhosa population. The study took place between August 2003 and July 2004. A PIL was designed for the antiretroviral regimen of stavudine, lamivudine and efavirenz, using established usability guidelines. South African legal requirements concerning PILs were incorporated and the PILs were available in both English and isiXhosa.
- Format
- 13 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Health SA Gesondheid
- Relation
- Mwingira, B. and Dowse, R., 2006. Comprehension and acceptability of a patient information leaflet (PIL) for antiretroviral therapy. Health SA Gesondheid, 11(3), pp.49-61
- Relation
- Health SA Gesondheid volume 11 number 3 49 61 November 2006 2071-9736
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- Publisher
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Health SA Gesondheid Statement (https://0-www.ajol.info.wam.seals.ac.za/index.php/hsa/index)
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