Avaliação da legibilidade de folhetos informativos e literacia em saúde

OBJETIVO: O bom uso dos folhetos informativos dos medicamentos depende, entre outros fatores, da sua legibilidade e da literacia do utilizador, respectivamente a clareza em identificar letras, palavras e frases impressas e a capacidade em compreender e usar essa informação. O objetivo do estudo foi identificar a possível relação entre uma medida de literacia funcional em saúde e a legibilidade de um folheto de um medicamento anti-inflamatório não-esteróide, esta última avaliada pela diretriz Europeia específica. Numa amostra de 53 participantes, recrutados no ano de 2010 numa farmácia da região de Lisboa (Portugal) e que apresentavam literacia variável, não se encontrou relação entre o nível de literacia e os vários parâmetros de apreciação da qualidade e legibilidade de um folheto informativo

Evidence needs, training demands, and opportunities for knowledge translation in social security and insurance medicine: A European survey

OBJECTIVE: To perform a European survey of the evidence needs and training demands of insurance medicine professionals related to professional tasks and evidence-based practice. DESIGN: International survey. SUBJECTS: Professionals working in insurance medicine. METHODS: Experts designed an online questionnaire including 26 questions related to 4 themes: evidence needs; training demands; evidence-seeking behaviour; and attitudes towards evidence-based medicine. Descriptive statistics were presented by country/conference and the total sample. RESULTS: A total of 782 participants responded. Three-quarter of participants experienced evidence needs at least once a week, related to mental disorders (79%), musculoskeletal disorders (67%) and occupational health (65%). Guidelines (76%) and systematic reviews (60%) were the preferred types of evidence and were requested for assessment of work capacity (64%) and prognosis of return-to-work (51%). Evidence-based medicine was thought to facilitate decision-making in insurance medicine (95%). Fifty-two percent of participants felt comfortable finding, reading, interpreting, and applying evidence. Countries expressed similar needs for reviews on typical topics. CONCLUSION: This study reveals evidence gaps in key areas of insurance medicine, supporting the need for further research, guidelines and training in evidence-based insurance medicine. Importantly, insurance medicine professionals should recognize that evidence-based practice is crucial in producing high-quality assessments