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ArticleJournal of patient experience2020

Evaluation of Counseling Practices and Patient's Satisfaction Offered by Pharmacists for Diabetics Attending Outpatient Pharmacies in Al Ahsa.

Promise M Emeka, Manea Fares AlMunjem, Sahibzada Tasleem Rasool, Noor Kamil

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Article in Journal of patient experience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Promise M EmekaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Hofuf, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1943-1874
Manea Fares AlMunjemDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Hofuf, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.
Sahibzada Tasleem RasoolDepartment of Biomedical Sciences College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Hofuf, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.
Noor KamilDepartment of Pharmacology, Barrett Hodgson University, Karachi, Pakistan.
King Faisal University · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionPatient counseling can be helpful in improving the outcome of disease management, particularly chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus, which is common in Saudi Arabia. The present study looks to investigate the levels of counseling and satisfaction among patients attending diabetic clinics in outpatient hospital pharmacy in Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.

methodThis is a cross-sectional investigation, carried out by using interview-structured questionnaire, targeting diabetes mellitus patients with or without comorbid states. The questionnaire was divided into 3 parts comprising of demographics, counseling types given while collecting prescription, and satisfaction rating of services provided.

resultMore males than females participated; most of whom were college graduates older than 51 years. Sixty-three percent of the entire participants are type 1 diabetic patients, while 37% are type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Coexistence of hypercholesterolemia was higher among type 1 diabetes patients with 51.9%, while hypertension was more common among type 2 diabetic patients representing 68.2%. Findings also showed that counseling was provided for medication use among type 1 diabetic patients but was deficient in the case of type 2 diabetic patients. Patients received low level of counseling on side effects and healthy lifestyle living. Satisfaction level was only 11.1%, indicating that counseling services might be deficient.

conclusionThis study has revealed poor counseling practices and low satisfaction levels in services provided by outpatient hospital pharmacies to diabetic patients. In the face of increasing prevalence of diabetes and comorbidity, counseling of diabetic patients is critical.

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hypertensionoutpatient pharmaciespatient counselingsatisfaction leveltype 1 diabeticstype 2 diabetics

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