Trial reportInternational journal of clinical pharmacy2013
Thai community pharmacist involvement in weight management in primary care to improve patient's outcomes.
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- Primary health care roles of community pharmacists in low- and middle-income countries: a mixed methods systematic review.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review of the theory of planned behaviour interventions for chronic diseases in low health-literacy settings.Journal of global health · 2023Pooled it
- Community pharmacy interventions for health promotion: effects on professional practice and health outcomes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
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- Assessment of pharmacist-led patient counseling in randomized controlled trials: a systematic review.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2014Pooled it
- Pharmacist involvement in overweight and obesity care: An equity-focused systematic review.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2026Article
- The Health-Seeking Behavior among Malaysian Adults in Urban and Rural Areas Who Reported Sickness: Findings from the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2019.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Building a Patient-Centered Weight Management Program: A Mixed Methods Project to Obtain Patients' Information Needs and Ideas for Program Structure.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Attitudes, Practices, and Barriers of Malaysian Community Pharmacists Toward Provision of Weight Management Services.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2019Article
- Review
- Effectiveness of Community-based Obesity Intervention for Body Weight, Body Mass Index, and Waist Circumference: Meta-analysis.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchReview
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Abstract
backgroundThe community pharmacist has significant potential to assist in providing health advice aimed at the improvement outcomes pertaining to weight management, however, up to now, evidence regarding its effectiveness has been inconclusive. In Thailand, community pharmacy involvement in weight management is a novel idea and therefore needs an evaluation of its effectiveness.
objectiveTo examine essential outcomes, comparing the pharmacist's interventions with a routine weight management service provided at a primary care unit (PCU).
settingMaha Sarakham province, Thailand.
methodsA randomized controlled trial was designed involving sixty-six obese patients randomly assigned to either the control group or the experimental group. Participants in the control group received group counselling from the PCU staff as usual, while those participants in the experimental group received one-on-one advice from a community pharmacist along with the weight loss handbook for self-study. Both groups were followed up and clinical outcomes were monitored four times at weeks 0, 4, 8, and 16. Eating behaviours and knowledge about overweight and obesity were measured twice, at weeks 0 and 16.
main outcome measureClinical outcomes included weight, waist circumference, body mass index, measured by standard medical devices. Eating behaviours were measured by the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) questionnaire. Knowledge was measured by a questionnaire focusing on the subjects' level of understanding regarding overweight and obesity issues.
resultsNeither group showed improvement in clinical outcomes. The TPB average sum score significantly increased from baseline in the experimental group in terms of intention to perform healthy dieting behaviour, subjective norm, behavioural beliefs, normative beliefs, and control beliefs. (P < 0.05) In the control group, scores increased significantly from the baseline only for behavioural beliefs. (P < 0.05) Moreover, the knowledge score in experimental group increased significantly from 6.42 ± 1.94 to 8.75 ± 0.68 (P < 0.05).
conclusionThai community pharmacists can help to improve both eating behaviour and knowledge about weight and obesity among obese patients. However, since the effect on clinical outcomes is unclear, a long-term study is still needed.
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