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Area of Science:

  • Pharmacovigilance
  • Health Literacy
  • Patient Education

Background:

  • Medicine package inserts are crucial for health education.
  • Understanding these inserts is vital for safe medication use.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the utilization and comprehension of medicine package inserts.
  • To identify sociodemographic and medical factors influencing insert understanding.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional population-based study in Brazil (PNAUM National Survey).
  • Descriptive statistics and Pearson chi-squared tests were employed.
  • Analysis included 28,427 participants regarding insert use and understanding.

Main Results:

  • 59.6% of participants reported usually reading medicine package inserts.
  • Over half experienced difficulties with legibility (57.4%) and readability (54.1%).
  • Lower educational attainment was associated with greater comprehension challenges.

Conclusions:

  • While most individuals read medicine package inserts, significant challenges in reading and understanding persist.
  • Addressing legibility and readability issues is essential for improving patient comprehension and health literacy.