Table 3.
Number of patients who rate each SIMS information to be too much, about right, too little, none received or none needed
| SIMS topics | Patients, n (%) | ||||
| Too much | About right | Too little | None received | None needed | |
| 1. What your medicine is called | 8 (10.7) | 54 (72) | 8 (10.7) | 4 (5.3) | 1 (1.3) |
| 2. What your medicine is for | 4 (5.3) | 64 (85.3) | 2 (2.7) | 4 (5.3) | 1 (1.3) |
| 3. What it does | 3 (4.0) | 59 (78.7) | 7 (9.3) | 5 (6.7) | 1 (1.3) |
| 4. How it works | 4 (5.3) | 50 (66.7) | 5 (6.7) | 15 (20.0) | 1 (1.3) |
| 5. How long it will take to act | 5 (6.7) | 43 (57.3) | 6 (8.0) | 18 (24.0) | 3 (4.0) |
| 6. How you tell if it is working | 2 (2.7) | 34 (45.3) | 6 (8.0) | 25 (33.3) | 8 (10.7) |
| 7. How long you will need to be on your medicine | 3 (4.0) | 58 (77.3) | 4 (5.3) | 6 (8.0) | 4 (5.3) |
| 8. How to use your medicine | 5 (6.7) | 58 (77.3) | 3 (4.0) | 6 (8.0) | 3 (4.0) |
| 9. How to get a further supply | 1 (1.3) | 42 (56.0) | 4 (5.3) | 13 (17.3) | 15 (20.0) |
| 10. Whether the medicine has any unwanted side effects | 0 (0) | 36 (48.0) | 12 (16.0) | 20 (26.7) | 7 (9.3) |
| 11. What are the risks of you getting side effects | 2 (2.7) | 29 (38.7) | 16 (21.3) | 22 (29.3) | 6 (8.0) |
| 12. What you should do if you experience unwanted side effects | 0 (0) | 35 (46.7) | 10 (13.3) | 25 (33.3) | 5 (6.7) |
| 13. Whether you can drink alcohol while taking this medicine | 0 (0) | 31 (41.3) | 6 (8.0) | 18 (24.0) | 20 (26.7) |
| 14. Whether the medicine interferes with other medicines | 0 (0) | 31 (41.3) | 6 (8.0) | 29 (38.7) | 9 (12.0) |
| 15. Whether the medication will make you feel drowsy | 2 (2.7) | 37 (49.3) | 4 (5.3) | 26 (34.7) | 6 (8.0) |
| 16. Whether the medication will affect your sex life | 0 (0) | 23 (30.7) | 5 (6.7) | 29 (38.7) | 18 (24.0) |
| 17. What you should do if you forget to take a dose | 0 (0) | 29 (38.7) | 4 (5.3) | 28 (37.3) | 14 (18.7) |
SIMS, Satisfaction with Information about Medicines Scale.