Emad Eldin Munsour|Ahmed Awaisu|Mohamed Azmi Hassali|Sara Darwish|Einas Abdoun
Readability and Comprehensibility of Patient Information Leaflets for Antidiabetic Medications in Qatar
Universiti Sains Malaysia|Qatar University|Universiti Sains Malaysia|Hamad Medical Corporation|Hamad General Hospital|Hamad Medical Corporation|Hamad General Hospital
backgroundthe readability comprehensibility patient information leaflets pils provided antidiabetic medications questionable standards issue negatively affects adherence drug therapy especially patients limited literacy skills objective evaluate readability comprehensibility pils supplied medications used treatment type 2 diabetes mellitus qatar methods pils antidiabetic medications qatar evaluated using flesch reading ease fre score readability fleschkincaid grade level gunningfog index smog grading used estimate comprehensibility pils terms school grade levels results total 45 pils evaluated 32 711 pils brandname products 13 289 generics nine 20 pils english 8 178 english arabic french 28 622 english arabic mean fre score 3771 1585 readable pil fre score 62 mean scores comprehensibility evaluations 1096 267 1502 252 1141 16 fleschkincaid grade level gunningfog index smog grading respectively commonly used antidiabetic medication metformin 13729 5529 pils mean number words conclusion 22 pils acceptable readability scores pils could comprehended least 11th grade student exceeds recommended grade level healthrelated materials approximately 20 pils english readable patients