Arun Mohan|Matthew Riley|Dane R Boyington|Phillip Johnston|Karen Trochez|Callie Jennings|Jennie Mashburn|Sunil Kripalani
Development of a Patient-Centered Bilingual Prescription Drug Label
Emory University|Belmont University|Vanderbilt University
research shows prescription drug labels often difficult patients understand contributes medication errors nonadherence study authors developed qualitatively evaluated evidencebased bilingual prescription container label designed improve understanding authors developed several prototypes english english spanish labels included image drug icon show purpose plainlanguage instructions presented 4timeofday table 5 focus groups interviews included 57 participants patients pharmacists critically reviewed designs compared traditional medication labels reformatted labels without illustrations patients strongly preferred labels grouped patientrelevant content highlighted key information included drug indication icons also preferred 4timeofday table plainlanguage text instructions opposed either one alone patients preferred pertinent warnings main label instead auxiliary labels pharmacists latino patients valued spanish english instructions label parties could understand content final label design adheres latest national statelevel recommendations label format incorporates additional improvements basis patient pharmacist input design may serve prototype improving prescription drug labeling