PlainLanguageRx: Improving Medication Labels to Reduce Health Disparities

PictureRx

Status

Completed

Conditions

Medication Adherence

Health Behavior

Treatments

Behavioral: PictureRx medication label

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

NIH

Identifiers

NCT01622686

1R43MD005805-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

1R43MD005805

Details and patient eligibility

About

This randomized controlled trial seeks to test the effect of reformatted prescription drug container labels, compared to usual labels, on participants' understanding of their medications. The study will also assess the effect on self-efficacy and self-reported medication adherence. English and Spanish speaking patients are eligible, with a planned sample size of up to 500 adults.

Enrollment

470 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Be at least 18 years old,
Fluency in English or Spanish
Manage their own prescription medicines, and
Have recently filled at least 1 new prescription medication (e.g, a medicine or medication dose that they have not taken before) and have their new prescription bottle information with them.

Exclusion criteria

Excludes health professionals (such as a doctor, nurse or pharmacist)
Too ill to participate in an interview
Do not have a telephone
Having visual acuity worse than 20/50 via Rosenbaum Visual Acuity exam (eyechart)
Persons picking up new medicines for others
Inability to communicate in either Spanish or English
Overt psychiatric illnesses, overt delirium or dementia