Table 1 Results of reviews* of 29...

Table 1

Results of reviews* of 29 accessible medication leaflets

Questions of checklist	AN^# (%)	AE^# (%)	AD^# (%)	AP^# (%)	Li^# (%)	St^# (%)
1) ^&Do the pictures match to the text?	100	95	97	87	100	66
2) ^&Are the pictures clear?	83	95	97	74	75	100
3) ^&Are the letters big enough?	100	100	100	100	100	100
4) ^&Do you understand the words?	75	70	94	80	75	33
5) ^&Is it clear what this medication is for?	100	100	100	100	100	100
6) ^&Contains the leaflet instructions about telling your doctor about other medication that you take?	100	100	97	100	100	100
7) ^&Contains the leaflet information about potential side effects of the medication?	100	100	100	100	100	100
8) ^&Contains the leaflet information about with whom to talk when you experience side effects of this medication?	100	100	100	98	100	100
9) ^&Contains the leaflet information about the way you could get more information about this medication?	100	100	100	100	100	100
10) ^&Contains the leaflet information about what to do when have you forgotten to take this medication?	100	100	97	93	100	100
11) ^&Contains the leaflet information about what to do when you want to stop taking this medication?	100	100	97	100	100	100

Questions of checklist	AN^# (%)	AE^# (%)	AD^# (%)	AP^# (%)	Li^# (%)	St^# (%)
1) ^&Do the pictures match to the text?	100	95	97	87	100	66
2) ^&Are the pictures clear?	83	95	97	74	75	100
3) ^&Are the letters big enough?	100	100	100	100	100	100
4) ^&Do you understand the words?	75	70	94	80	75	33
5) ^&Is it clear what this medication is for?	100	100	100	100	100	100
6) ^&Contains the leaflet instructions about telling your doctor about other medication that you take?	100	100	97	100	100	100
7) ^&Contains the leaflet information about potential side effects of the medication?	100	100	100	100	100	100
8) ^&Contains the leaflet information about with whom to talk when you experience side effects of this medication?	100	100	100	98	100	100
9) ^&Contains the leaflet information about the way you could get more information about this medication?	100	100	100	100	100	100
10) ^&Contains the leaflet information about what to do when have you forgotten to take this medication?	100	100	97	93	100	100
11) ^&Contains the leaflet information about what to do when you want to stop taking this medication?	100	100	97	100	100	100

Note(s): *Reviews were done by four experts by experience with a mild (n = 3) or moderate (n = 1) intellectual disability by completing a checklist for each leaflet; the leaflet on the stimulant and 5 of the 11 antipsychotic leaflets were reviewed by three of them; ^&Questions on the checklist could be answered with “yes” or “no”. The percentage of “yes” is shown by question for each class of psychotropic agent. ^#n = number of leaflets reviewed by class of psychotropic agent; AN = anxiolytics^#(n = 3); AE = antiepileptics^#(n = 5); AD = antidepressants^#(n = 8); AP = antipsychotics^#(n = 11); Li = lithium^#(n = 1); St = stimulants^#(n = 1)

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