Alternative package leaflets improve people's understanding of drug side effects-A randomized controlled exploratory survey.

BACKGROUND:Current German and EU package leaflets (PLs) do not distinguish to what extent listed side effects are indeed side effects caused by drug intake or instead symptoms that occur regardless of drug use. We recently showed that most health professionals misinterpret the frequencies of listed...

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Main Authors: Viktoria Mühlbauer, Roman Prinz, Ingrid Mühlhauser, Odette Wegwarth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6136776?pdf=render