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ArticleThe Australasian medical journal2014

Impact of community pharmacy-based educational intervention on patients with hypertension in Western Nepal.

Sushmita Sharma, Bhuvan Kc, Alian A Alrasheedy, Atisammodavardhana Kaundinnyayana, Aarjan Khanal

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Article in The Australasian medical journal, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Sushmita SharmaClinical Pharmacy and Travel Medicine Division, Sankalpa Foundation, Pokhara, Nepal.
Bhuvan KcClinical Pharmacy and Travel Medicine Division, Sankalpa Foundation, Pokhara, Nepal ; School of Pharmacy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Alian A AlrasheedySchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
Atisammodavardhana KaundinnyayanaSchool of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara University, Dhungepatan, Pokhara, Nepal.
Aarjan KhanalThe British Gurkhas Camp, Pokhara, Nepal.
Dia Foundation · JPPokhara University · NPUniversiti Sains Malaysia · MYUniversity of Otago · NZ

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is a paucity of data regarding the feasibility and impact of community pharmacy-based educational interventions on the management of chronic diseases in developing countries.

aimsThe aim of this study was to establish the feasibility, and to investigate the impact, of community pharmacy-based educational intervention on knowledge, practice, and disease management of patients with hypertension in Western Nepal.

methodA single-cohort pre-/post-intervention study was conducted from August 2012 to April 2013. The participants included in the study were patients diagnosed with hypertension attending a pharmacist-led hypertension clinic. The educational intervention was conducted by pharmacists, was individualised, and consisted of three counselling sessions over a period of six months. The patients' knowledge of hypertension, their practice of lifestyle modification and non-pharmacological approaches concerning hypertension management, and blood pressure were assessed at baseline and again after nine months by using a pre-validated questionnaire.

resultsFifty patients met the inclusion criteria and were enrolled in the study. The median (IQR) knowledge score changed from 6 (4) to 13 (0) after the intervention (p<0.01) with the median (IQR) practice score changing from 7 (4) to 16 (2) (p<0.01). The mean (SD) systolic BP changed from 150.1 (7.8) to 137.7 (9.9) (p<0.01) and the mean (SD) diastolic BP from 104 (9.5) to 94.5 (7.8) after the intervention (p< 0.01).

conclusionA simple, educational intervention by community pharmacists had improved patients' disease knowledge, practice, and management of their hypertension. Evidence suggests Nepalese community pharmacists need could play an important role in the management of chronic diseases like hypertension through simple interventions such as providing educational support for patients.

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Community pharmacyeducational interventionhypertensionNepal

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