Barbra Katusiime

Introduction Providing accurate information about medicines is crucial for ensuring patient safety.1 Globally, different sources of medicine information are available in multiple formats.2 In the UK and Europe, a leaflet is regularly provided with all medicines, following European regulations.3 Verbal information from health professionals also plays an important role in informing people about medicines, as well as explaining and encouraging reading of written information.1,4 Other sources...

Katusiime B, Corlett SA, Krska J. Patient Relat Outcome Meas. 2018;9:155-168. The authors have advised the correspondence address on page 155 is incorrect. The correct correspondence details are as follows. Correspondence: Barbra Katusiime Department of Pharmacy, Kingston University London, Penrhyn Road campus, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2EE, UK Tel +44 (0)20 8417 5097 Email [email protected] The authors apologize for this error.

Many patients find using medicines burdensome. This paper reports the types of issues people experience with medicines, using a validated measure of medicines burden, and the factors associated with high burden. The cross‐sectional study involved patients presenting prescriptions at pharmacies or awaiting appointments at GP practices or outpatient clinics, during October 2015 to December 2016.