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. 2022 Mar 4;30(5):544–554. doi: 10.1016/j.jsps.2022.02.017

Table 2.

Participants correctly understanding PILs instructions among total participants, text only group, and text-plus pictograms group.

Items Total
Text only
Text-plus pictograms
p-value
Based on the leaflet instructions: n % n % n %
How much medication does your child need? 90 69.23 43 65.15 47 73.44 0.306
How often should you give your child this medication? 100 76.92 51 77.27 49 76.56 0.923
How will you administer the medication to your child? 126 96.92 65 98.48 61 95.31 0.295
What is the minimum time between doses of medication that you can give to your child? 54 41.54 19 28.79 35 54.96 0.003
How many doses per day can you give to your child? 79 60.77 37 56.06 42 65.63 0.264
Should the medication be shaken before use? 87 66.92 40 60.61 47 73.44 0.120
Where should you store the medication? 26 20.00 7 10.61 19 29.69 0.007
Assume your child suffers from side effects from the medication, who should you call to report side effects? 63 48.46 27 40.91 36 56.25 0.080

p-value < 0.05 is statistically significant.