The effectiveness of pictogram intervention in the identification and reporting of adverse drug reactions in naive HIV patients in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
The effectiveness of pictogram intervention in the identification and reporting of adverse drug reactions in naive HIV patients in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
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DOI:
10.2147/hiv.s186797
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发表时间:
2019-01-01
影响因子:
1.5
通讯作者:
Mansoor, Sarab M.
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作者:
Gebreyohannes, Eyob Alemayehu;Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth;Mansoor, Sarab M.
Purpose: In health communication, pictogram has a comprehensive place to aid attention, memory recall, and promote adherence. This study was conducted to assess whether pictorial intervention would help to identify and improve adverse drug reactions (ADRs) reporting in an antiretroviral therapy (ART) clinic in Northwest Ethiopia.Patients and methods: A cross-sectional study on ART-naive HIV-positive patients was conducted from July 2015 to January 2016. The patients were randomly categorized into two groups. Group A was subjected to receive pictorial medication information and a pictogram-enhanced tool to identify and report ADRs, while group B did not receive any pictogram-enhanced tool.Results: A total of 207 ART-naive HIV-positive patients who were registered for the ART treatment attending Gondar University Hospital ART clinic were included. Bivariate analysis showed that sociodemographic characteristics, such as age, sex, education, employment, and marital status were the main predictors of identifying and reporting ADRs. Males were twice more likely to identify ADRs than females. Univariate analysis revealed that patients assigned to group A showed a significant association with the ability to identify ART medications using pictograms. Patients assigned to group A were more likely to identify lamivudine (OR [95% CI] = 7.536 [4.042-14.021], P