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A Community-Based Study to Assess the Impact of Pharmacist Led Home Medication Review in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus in Dakshina Kannada

  1. Ramdas Bhat Department of Pharmacology, Srinivas College of Pharmacy
  2. Shynia Neola Dsouza Department of Pharmacy Practice, Srinivas College of Pharmacy
  3. Sulalath U Department of Pharmacy Practice, Srinivas College of Pharmacy
  4. Swathi Gopinath Department of Pharmacy Practice, Srinivas College of Pharmacy
  5. Krishnananda Kamath Department of Pharmaceutics, Srinivas College of Pharmacy

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder with the condition where there is an abnormally high blood glucose level. Home medication review (HMR) is a patient-centered process that provides the effective and quality use of medication at the patient’s home. According to a study, nearly 50% of Type II diabetes fail to recite adequate glycemic control due to poor management of anti-diabetic medications. So, a community-based interventional study was conducted on 150 subjects residing in various parts of Dakshina Kannada to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices on the management of anti-diabetic medications at home in diabetes patients through HMR after obtaining ethical committee approval. Information regarding medication adherence, medication errors, and drug-related problems was collected through systematically designed data collection forms and patient information leaflets through home medication review. Questionnaires were prepared and given to patients before and after intervention. The low-adherent patients were given PIL and counseled before the post-interventional study. Among 150 subjects 85(56.6%) subjects in medication adherence, 135(90%) subjects in modification of dose, 115 (76.7%) subjects in time modification, 115(76.7%) subjects in the knowledge of storage had shown improvement after the interventions (PIL and counseling). So, it was concluded that the pharmacist intervention helped improve the overall diabetes management through HMR, thereby leading to a better health care outcome.

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