Investigation on defects design of screw-cap-type medicine box and patients′expectation

VernacularTitle:旋盖式药盒的设计缺陷与患者期望情况的调查
Author: Ying CHEN ¹ ; Rong HU ; Weile ZHOU ; Yueling CHEN ; Xueting WU ; Zhaoying LI
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1. 350108 福州，福建医科大学护理学院
Keywords: Screw-cap-type medicine box; The defect of design; Improvement; Patients′expectation
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2015;21(6):717-718,719
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To discuss the defects of design and patients expected improvements of the screw-cap-type medicine box .Methods A total of 400 patients who had been using screw-cap-type medicine box were investigated with a questionnaire designed on the basis of open interview in 3 general hospitals in Fujian.Results Among the 400 patients, 75%of them believed screw-cap-type medicine box was inconvenient for its time-consuming , hard to control the dose , small label words on medicine bottle , poor for sealing and moisture-proofing, etc.A total of 267 patients (66.8%) hoped to use a new type of improved medicine box while most of them preferred a round medicine box with plastic manufacturing , convenient carry-over, easy opened, easy control the dose accurately and no more than 15 ml.Conclusions The screw-cap-type medicine box has many defects and requires to develop a new type of medicine box for patients with long -term use.