Abstract
The objective of this project was to redesign prescription medication labeling in order to reduce drug-related misuse and non-compliance of an elderly Anglo-Hispanic population. A study on the arrangement of variables and text changes that integrate a label has conducted. Two labels were developed to test and compare against two commonly found labels used by local pharmacies. Testing consisted of surveys conducted at local senior citizen centers questioning several aspects of the labels such as letter size and spacing, line medication name, etc. A total of 95 elderly subjects participated in the study. The results of the survey suggest that the ergonomically designed labels were preferred to the current pharmacy labels. The survey participants preferred the larger font type and the layouts of the prototype labels.
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