ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2020
The effect of a pharmacist consultation on pregnant women's quality of life with a special focus on nausea and vomiting: an intervention study.
Article in BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04182750 (Promoting Safe Medication Use in Pregnancy in the Era of Real-World Data - The SafeStart Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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Promoting Safe Medication Use in Pregnancy in the Era of Real-World Data - The SafeStart Study
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of a primary care pharmacist consultations on pregnant women's medication use: the SafeStart intervention study linked to a national prescription database.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2023Trial
- Prevalence and Burden of Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnant Women: Final Analysis of the PURITY Survey.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- A scoping review of models of care and services for nausea and vomiting in pregnancy and hyperemesis gravidarum.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Assessing community pharmacists' responses to pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting: A national simulated patient study in Jordan.PloS one · 2025Observational
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundMaternal wellbeing and quality of life (QOL) are increasingly being recognized as important for healthy pregnancies. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of a pharmacist consultation on pregnant women's QOL focusing on nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (NVP), and patient satisfaction.
methodsFor this intervention study in 14 community pharmacies, women in early pregnancy were recruited and assigned to a pharmacist consultation (intervention) or standard care (control). The consultation aimed to address each woman's concerns regarding medications and pregnancy-related ailments. Data were collected through online questionnaires at baseline (Q1) and during the second trimester (Q2). The intervention group completed an additional satisfaction questionnaire after the consultation was completed. The primary outcome was the impact of the intervention on the Quality of Life Scale (QOLS) scores between the first and second trimesters. The impact of the intervention was assessed by linear regression, and secondary analyses were performed to assess effect modification by NVP.
resultsOf the 340 women enrolled in the study, we analyzed data for 245. Half (170/340) of the original participants were allocated to the intervention group, of whom 131 received the pharmacist consultation. Most women (75%, 78/96) reported that the consultation was useful to a large/very large extent. The consultation had no overall impact on QOLS scores between the first and the second trimesters compared with standard care (adjusted β: 0.7, 95% CI: -2.1, 3.4). The impact of the intervention on QOLS was greater amongst women with moderate/severe NVP (adjusted β: 3.6, 95% CI: -0.6, 7.7) compared to those with no/mild NVP (adjusted β: -1.4, 95% CI: -5.1, 2.2) (interaction term study group*NVP severity, p = 0.048).
conclusionsThe pregnant women highly appreciated the pharmacist consultation, but the intervention did not affect their QOL scores compared with standard care. Future studies should further explore the effect of a pharmacist consultation specifically for NVP and on other outcomes such as use of health care services and medication use in pregnancy.
trial registrationRetrospectively registered in ClinicalTrials.gov (identifier: NCT04182750 , registration date: December 2, 2019).
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