Why the study?
Does pharmacist mediated patient counselling improve knowledge, attitude, and practice scores in hypertensive patients?
Population
Hypertensive patients in a tertiary care hospital
Comparison
Pharmacist mediated patient counselling and… vs Baseline (pre-intervention scores)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
3 months
Key result
Pharmacist-mediated patient counselling improved mean knowledge (11.76 to 14.29), attitude (5.14 to 5.74), and practice (9.26 to 10.32) scores among hypertensive patients at 3 months.
Authors
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May support pharmacist counselling in hypertension care; hypothesis-generating pending RCTs on adherence and outcomes.
Observational
No
Does pharmacist mediated patient counselling improve knowledge, attitude, and practice scores in hypertensive patients?
Pharmacist-mediated counseling and information leaflets can improve knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding disease management in hypertensive patients.
Thomas et al. (2017) conducted an observational in Hypertension. Patient counselling and information leaflets vs. Baseline (pre-intervention) was evaluated on Knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) scores. Pharmacist-mediated patient counselling improved mean knowledge (11.76 to 14.29), attitude (5.14 to 5.74), and practice (9.26 to 10.32) scores among hypertensive patients at 3 months.
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