Pharmacist involvement in the patient care improves outcome in hypertension patients

Objective: The main objective of this study was to assess the effects of pharmaceutical care interventions in patients with essential hypertension in Lakshmi Pat Singhania Institute of Cardiology, Kanpur, India. Methods: The study was carried out from July 2010 to August 2011. Pharmaceutical care w...

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Main Authors: Pranay Wal, Ankita Wal, Anil Bhandari, Ummeshwar Pandey, Awani K Rai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice
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Online Access:http://www.jrpp.net/article.asp?issn=2319-9644;year=2013;volume=2;issue=3;spage=123;epage=129;aulast=Wal
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spelling doaj-6cdad00c29304f5bbf86bfd8c5f4f2482020-11-25T00:53:08ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Research in Pharmacy Practice2319-96442279-042X2013-01-012312312910.4103/2279-042X.122386Pharmacist involvement in the patient care improves outcome in hypertension patientsPranay WalAnkita WalAnil BhandariUmmeshwar PandeyAwani K RaiObjective: The main objective of this study was to assess the effects of pharmaceutical care interventions in patients with essential hypertension in Lakshmi Pat Singhania Institute of Cardiology, Kanpur, India. Methods: The study was carried out from July 2010 to August 2011. Pharmaceutical care was provided for 54 patients (intervention group) which was comprised of the patient education, the prescription assistance and the life style modifications and motivation for health. Then the clinical outcome as well as health related quality of life (HRQOL) were compared with the control group (48 patients) in which the pharmaceutical care was not provided. Furthermore, the effect of pharmaceutical care intervention on HRQOL was assessed using Short Form-36 (SF-36), a general health related quality of life questionnaire used to evaluate the QOL of patients. Blood pressure (BP) measurements and QOL survey was performed at baseline and at the follow-up session. Findings: The difference between blood pressure readings from the baseline to the second follow-up was significant for systolic [(P = 0.0001), 12.24 mmHg] and diastolic BP [(P = 0.001), 5.17 mmHg] in the intervention group. The questionnaire used to evaluate the QOL of patients also showed improvement in the mean score for intervention group. Conclusion: Results from our study showed that applying pharmaceutical care to hypertensive patients can help in the control of these patients′ blood pressure, and consequently lower the risk that hypertension poses in cardiovascular disease. Successful implementation of pharmaceutical care has the potential to increase patients′ satisfaction with their pharmacists′ activities and may increase patients′ expectations that pharmacists will work on their behalf to assist them with their healthcare needs.http://www.jrpp.net/article.asp?issn=2319-9644;year=2013;volume=2;issue=3;spage=123;epage=129;aulast=WalHypertension; pharmaceutical care; pharmacist; quality of life
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author Pranay Wal
Ankita Wal
Anil Bhandari
Ummeshwar Pandey
Awani K Rai
spellingShingle Pranay Wal
Ankita Wal
Anil Bhandari
Ummeshwar Pandey
Awani K Rai
Pharmacist involvement in the patient care improves outcome in hypertension patients
Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice
Hypertension; pharmaceutical care; pharmacist; quality of life
author_facet Pranay Wal
Ankita Wal
Anil Bhandari
Ummeshwar Pandey
Awani K Rai
author_sort Pranay Wal
title Pharmacist involvement in the patient care improves outcome in hypertension patients
title_short Pharmacist involvement in the patient care improves outcome in hypertension patients
title_full Pharmacist involvement in the patient care improves outcome in hypertension patients
title_fullStr Pharmacist involvement in the patient care improves outcome in hypertension patients
title_full_unstemmed Pharmacist involvement in the patient care improves outcome in hypertension patients
title_sort pharmacist involvement in the patient care improves outcome in hypertension patients
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice
issn 2319-9644
2279-042X
publishDate 2013-01-01
description Objective: The main objective of this study was to assess the effects of pharmaceutical care interventions in patients with essential hypertension in Lakshmi Pat Singhania Institute of Cardiology, Kanpur, India. Methods: The study was carried out from July 2010 to August 2011. Pharmaceutical care was provided for 54 patients (intervention group) which was comprised of the patient education, the prescription assistance and the life style modifications and motivation for health. Then the clinical outcome as well as health related quality of life (HRQOL) were compared with the control group (48 patients) in which the pharmaceutical care was not provided. Furthermore, the effect of pharmaceutical care intervention on HRQOL was assessed using Short Form-36 (SF-36), a general health related quality of life questionnaire used to evaluate the QOL of patients. Blood pressure (BP) measurements and QOL survey was performed at baseline and at the follow-up session. Findings: The difference between blood pressure readings from the baseline to the second follow-up was significant for systolic [(P = 0.0001), 12.24 mmHg] and diastolic BP [(P = 0.001), 5.17 mmHg] in the intervention group. The questionnaire used to evaluate the QOL of patients also showed improvement in the mean score for intervention group. Conclusion: Results from our study showed that applying pharmaceutical care to hypertensive patients can help in the control of these patients′ blood pressure, and consequently lower the risk that hypertension poses in cardiovascular disease. Successful implementation of pharmaceutical care has the potential to increase patients′ satisfaction with their pharmacists′ activities and may increase patients′ expectations that pharmacists will work on their behalf to assist them with their healthcare needs.
topic Hypertension; pharmaceutical care; pharmacist; quality of life
url http://www.jrpp.net/article.asp?issn=2319-9644;year=2013;volume=2;issue=3;spage=123;epage=129;aulast=Wal
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