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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"drug information"”.
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COMPREHENSION AND READABILITY OF DRUG INFORMATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF READING ABILITY.
… Compliance suggests that patients who understand information given to them are more likely to remember the information and are more likely to be satisfied with the information. The model then suggests that these components will lead to greater patient compliance with medication regimens. To test …
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Impact of written drug information in patient package inserts: Acceptance and impact on benefit/risk perception
… insert (PPI), a folded sheet of paper in the drug package with a text which is supposed to be comprehensible for the general public. The PPI contains information on how the drug must be taken, on the risks of taking the drug, and a limited amount of information on whatthe drug is for. Belgium …
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A phenomenological study of students' their parents' and professionals' use of drugs, their knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about drugs: a survey of the Moncton, N.B. school district no. 15 (february, 1971)
… of this research was to determine the use of drugs, attitudes and beliefs, knowledge and necessity of an education program about drugs. The survey was done among stduents in upper elementary and secondary schools (3,774) and in post-secondary institutions, (1,212) among their parents (1,888) …
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Scientific communication, information flows in industry - exemplified by pharmaceutical information in China & the UK
This study compare information flows in China and the UK with the example of pharmaceutical information. The general objective is to explore the relationship between information situation and the status of science and industry in a country. In China scientific information has long dominated …
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The Value of Online Medication Rating Systems to Older Adults and Their Association with Self-Reported Outcomes
… vehicle for distributing judgment-free health information to patients. Multiple studies have examined the role of online health information as well as physician-rating websites in health care. Studies have examined the value of online drug information for patients and the value of the online …
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Artificial Intelligence Applications for Optimizing Population and Clinical Drug Decision-Making Processes
… of ChatGPT4 to extract and analyze FDA drug information, conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis of two antibiotics, and identify and classify adverse drugs events (ADE). We compare the results of ChatGPT4 with those from manual searches and specialized software programs. Methods: The …
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Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship Modeling to Predict Drug-Drug Interactions Between Acetaminophen and Ingredients in Energy Drinks
The evaluation of drug-drug interactions (DDI) is a crucial step in pharmaceutical drug discovery and design. Unfortunately, if adverse effects are to occur between the co-administration of two or more drugs, they are often difficult to test for. Traditional methods rely on in vitro studies as a …
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The Effect of Variability in Substance Abuse and Dependence Terminology on Physicians' Prescribing Decisions
Prescription drug abuse is a continuing problem in the United States. Educating physicians on issues related to prescription drug abuse is a key factor in preventing and treating this problem. High variability has been found in substance abuse terminology in the literature, textbooks, and …
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Young people, school exclusion and substance abuse
The Northern Ireland Drug Information and Research Strategy highlighted school exclusion as an area in urgent need of research. It would appear, however, that despite a concern about the impact of school exclusion and increased concern about links to substance using behaviours, relatively little …
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Disease Patients: Associations with Physical Activity Status, Metabolic Syndrome, and Exercise Tolerance
… included: extraction of medical history and drug information from medical records; completion of a physical examination to assess resting vital signs and anthropometrics; fasting blood draw for several biochemical analyses; completion of a cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET); and completion …
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Assessment of health literacy as a part of a university medication therapy management program for patients with chronic conditions
… evolve. Pharmacists are now being trained to be drug information specialists and medication counselors. More than ever, pharmacists are helping patients with chronic conditions manage their diseases through the use of medication therapy management programs. As a part of these programs, it is …
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Ontology-based methods for disease similarity estimation and drug repositioning
… early disease diagnosis and development of new drugs. The growing collection of gene-function and gene-disease data has instituted a need for formal knowledge representation in order to extract information. Ontologies have been successfully applied to represent such knowledge, and data mining …
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Prescriber use of Medicines Information Service advice in their decision-making and patient care: an exploratory qualitative study
Pharmacy-led Medicines Information (MI) Services provide evidence-based advice to clinicians, with high levels of user satisfaction. However, satisfaction does not necessarily reflect improved patient care or patient outcome. This has led to MI research concentrating on the effect MI advice has on …
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The development, initial implementation and support of a primary health care training programme in rational drug use
The Rational Drug Use Training Project is a district-oriented programme designed to improve rational drug use among primary health care prescribers in the South African public sector. This thesis describes the development of the project and details the initial implementation study in 3 facilities …