%0 Journal Article %A S Whatley %A M Mamdani %A Ross E G Upshur %T A randomised comparison of the effect of three patient information leaflet models on older patients' treatment intentions. %D 2002 %J British Journal of General Practice %P 483-484 %V 52 %N 479 %X One hundred and ninety-six patients over the age of 65 years suffering from joint pain were randomised to receive one of three patient information leaflets describing a hypothetical pain medication, a standard textual patient information leaflet (PIL) given out by a pharmaceutical chain, and two alternate-forms depicting information with icons and graphs. The results showed that patients randomised to the traditional PIL were less likely to consider taking the hypothetical medication. %U https://bjgp.org/content/bjgp/52/479/483.full.pdf