Reading Levels of Leaflets of Common Over-the-Counter Drugs in Ghana
Reading Levels of Leaflets of Common Over-the-Counter Drugs in Ghana作者机构：Department of Communication Studies University of Cape Coast Cape Coast Ghana Department of English University of Cape Coast Cape Coast Ghana
出 版 物：《Open Journal of Applied Sciences》 (应用科学（英文）)
年 卷 期：2023年第13卷第5期
页 面：775-792页
学科分类：0502[文学-外国语言文学] 050201[文学-英语语言文学] 05[文学]
主 题：Health Communication Readability Lexical Density Syntactical Complexity Readability Formula Patient Information Leaflets
摘 要：Health communication is critical component of effective health delivery. While there are studies on the readability Patient Information Leaflets (PILs) around the world, so far, there is only one Ghanaian study that explored the language of patient information leaflets for malaria. The present study explores the language of PILs of seven common ailments in Ghana. In all, 68 leaflets were purposely sampled for the study. Using SMOG and Flesch Kincaid grade level readability formulae, the researcher measured the readability of PILs and discovered that the readability of all the PILs was difficult to read except the dewormer leaflets that scored standard reading score. Further statistical analysis reveal that the lexical and syntactic complexity of the leaflets were not statistically different. Finally, an interview with 20 patients confirmed that the leaflets are difficult to read due to the complex words and long sentence structures. It is recommended that the PILs be revised to make the leaflets readable.
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