Orlaith Brennan|John E. Moore|Thomas W Nutt|Peter J.A. Moore|B. Cherie Millar
Improving meningococcal MenACWY and 4CMenB/meningococcal group B vaccine?related health literacy in patients: Importance of readability of pharmaceutical Patient Leaflets
Queen's University Belfast|University of Ulster|Belfast City Hospital|Meningitis Now|Antrim Area Hospital|University of Ulster|Belfast City Hospital
patient information leaflets pils patient leaflets pls formally accompany dispensed medicines intended provide patient information use medicine safely date studies examined readability meningococcal vaccine patientfacing information including information contained within vaccine pil given role pharmacists presenting pils patients therefore aim study quantitatively analyse readability patient leaflets accompany licensed meningococcal vaccines uk us compare pils vaccine pharmaceutical manufacturers summary product characteristics spc well patientfacing vaccinerelated informationfive sources meningococcal vaccine information examined licensed meningococcal vaccines uk bexsero menveo menitorix trumenba nimenrix neisvacc united states bexsero menveo trumenba menactra menomuneacyw135 menquadfi including follows spc electronic medicines compendium uk ii package insert fda usa iii patient leaflet electronic medicines compendium uk iv vaccine pharmaceutical websites v government web resources readability examined employing 10 readability metrics including flesch reading ease fleschkincaid grade levelthe information source greatest readability scores uk patient leaflet mean flesch reading ease score 581 mean fleschkincaid grade score 73 followed us department health human services patientfacing website vaccines 559 8 respectively followed us centers disease control prevention vaccine information statement 473 94 respectively pharmaceutical patientfacing websites meningococcal vaccines mean scores 446 99 respectively compared uk patient leaflets pharmaceutical websites statistically different poorer readability flesch reading ease fleschkincaid grade level indices p 002 p 004 respectivelypharmaceutical meningococcal vaccine pils easily read statistically significant good readability scores comparison vaccine spcs us package inserts pharmaceutical product websites government patientfacing meningococcal vaccine information preparation patientfacing materials complex topic describing meningococcal vaccines difficult accomplish although plurality sources information websites social media pils one sources provided directly patients underpins potential importance pils importance readability adoption readability calculators scrutiny materials readability help authors develop materials improved understanding vaccine recipients potentially leading improved health literacy vaccine uptake renewed efforts sought promote information within pil thereby maximizing value resource vaccine recipients carers family