STUDY OF SUITABLE METHODS TO FACILITATE INDEPENDENT SELF ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICINES IN A GROUP OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS IN SRI LANKA
Journal Title: Int J of Pharm Rev& Res - Year 2015, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Visually disabled persons face difficulties in self-administration of medicines. They have difficulty locating medicines, identifying different medicines, taking the correct dose and remembering verbal instructions given by doctors and pharmacists. Some of them have devised their own coping methods to overcome these difficulties. However these methods are mostly unsuitable and unsatisfactory and at times lead to medicines related mishaps. The objective of this study was to develop and study suitable methods for self- administration of medicines in a group of visually disabled and partially sighted people in Sri Lanka. Containers which convey medicinal instructions via tactile methods and Braille labels were developed for testing in all participants. Large font sized labels and colour strips were prepared for testing in partially sighted participants in addition to the other methods. The ability of the participants to understand the instructions conveyed by the different methods were studied. Their preference for the developed methods was obtained. Instructions on administering medicines conveyed via tactile methods were comprehended better by the visually disabled compared to Braille labels. Tactile methods were preferred by the majority of participants to Braille labels. Large font sized labels were preferred to tactile methods by the partially sighted persons who were able to read. Medicine containers using tactile methods were the most suitable and preferred method to convey instructions on administering medicines to visually disabled. Braille labels were seen to have limitations and were preferred less by the participants
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C L Weeraratne , M A L Fernando
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