The current study aimed to evaluate pictorial health information (HI) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patient self-management. Each of 14 literal examples of COPD HI was transformed into three pictorials. The preliminary pictorial COPD HI was validated by 10 experts. In total, 60 patients with COPD and 50 health care professionals (HCPs) were selected to perceive the intended meanings in the pictorial HI. All 42 pictures scored ≥0.8 on the content validity index. Patients chose pictorial HI with descriptions of subjective expressions or those that reflected a patient's actual life, whereas HCPs selected HI that was described in simple, direct, and abstract expressions. Results indicate that HCPs are better suited to provide real life–friendly pictorial HI to patients with COPD. Therefore, it is expected that developing pictograms with patients with COPD could help convey intended meanings. [Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 48(10), 41–46.]

目前的研究旨在评估慢性阻塞性肺病 (COPD) 患者自我管理中的图形健康信息 (HI)。COPD HI 的 14 个文字示例中的每一个都被转换为三个图片。初步图形 COPD HI 由 10 位专家验证。总共选择了 60 名 COPD 患者和 50 名医疗保健专业人员 (HCP) 来感知图形 HI 中的预期含义。42张图片的内容效度指数均≥0.8。患者选择描述主观表达或反映患者实际生活的图形HI，而HCP选择以简单、直接和抽象的表达方式描述的HI。结果表明，HCP 更适合为 COPD 患者提供真实生活友好的图形 HI。所以，预计与慢性阻塞性肺病患者一起开发象形图可以帮助传达预期的含义。[老年护理杂志，48（10），41-46。]