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Background: Since November 2012, some of over-the-counter (OTC) medications have been sold in convenience store without pharmacist' s supervision. We purposed to examine if the product labels of OTCs provide sufficient information that is appropriate for consumers who may have low health literacy. Methods: We compared the difficulty of words that are utilized in pharmaceutical product labels of interest (intervention) with those in the 6th grade textbook (control). Pharmaceutical products of interest were comprised of 13 OTCs which have been sold currently in convenience stores. We grouped words into the 4 levels of difficulty based on the Korean Vocabulary Classification for Education, and statistically tested words frequency in each level between OTCs and control. Results: The 13 OTC labels included lay language (easier or equal to language used in primary school) about 10% less; professional language about 10% more (p < 0.001 in all). Labels for analgesics had the longest and most difficult information, followed by common cold preparations, muscle pain relievers as plaster or cataplasma and digestives. Conclusion: The 13 OTC labels might fail to provide appropriate information for safety use by consumers in terms of the difficulty level of words. The improvement of labels of OTC medications and consumer education strategies are called for safety use of OTC medications sold in convenience stores.

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 연구 방법
  연구의 설계 및 대상
  어휘난이도 기준 설정
  의약품 설명서 사용 어휘의 등급별 분류
  통계분석
 연구 결과
  연구대상 특성
  등급별 어휘의 빈도
 고찰
 감사의 말씀
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• 김락영 [ Lak Young Kim | 영남대학교 약학대학 ]
• 이인향 [ Iyn-Hyang Lee | 영남대학교 약학대학 ] Corresponding author

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• 간행물명

  한국임상약학회지 [Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy]

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  계간

• pISSN

  1226-6051

• 수록기간

  1991~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 518 DDC 615