Testing a medicine information needs identification tool (MINI‐Q) with hospital inpatients in New Zealand

Author:

Aspden Trudi1ORCID,Honey Michelle2,Sneyd Sarah3,Brackley Kim3,Cavadino Alana4,Chang Rosalie3,Chan Amy HY13

Affiliation:

1. The School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand

2. The School of Nursing, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand

3. The Pharmacy Department Auckland City Hospital Auckland New Zealand

4. Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand

Abstract

AbstractBackgroundDetermining an individual's medicines information preferences and needs could enable health professionals to deliver more effective medicines information and help build patients' health literacy and ability to self‐manage their health.AimThis descriptive, cross‐sectional study aimed to test a new information needs assessment tool, the Medicine Information Needs for Individuals – Questionnaire (MINI‐Q), which elicits what individuals want to know about their medicines. This study aimed to explore the face validity, acceptability, and feasibility of using the tool in a hospital inpatient setting.MethodEthical approval was obtained from Health and Disability Ethics Committees (Reference no: 18/NTA/137). Following ethical approval, adult hospital inpatients from two service divisions in one large urban hospital in New Zealand were invited to self‐assess their medicines information needs using the 23‐item MINI‐Q via a tablet or on paper. Descriptive statistics were generated from the quantitative data and responses to a free‐text question were inductively analysed.ResultsThe MINI‐Q was completed by 228 inpatients, 137 (60%) of whom used a tablet. Participants requested information on 80.6% of the possible topics. The most common topic that participants wanted information about was possible side effects (92%). No additional topics to include in the MINI‐Q were identified from the free‐text responses. The median completion time of the tablet version was 9.2 min (interquartile range 6.7–14.6).ConclusionThe MINI‐Q shows promise to efficiently identify an individual's medicines information needs in an inpatient setting. The findings reinforce that most people want to know all the basic information about their medicines, with side effects being particularly important.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacy

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