Key result
Pharmacy care significantly improved quality of life at 730 days compared to usual care in heart failure patients (mean difference -7.7 points; 95% CI -14.5 to -1.0; P=0.026).
Why the study?
Patients with heart failure have impaired quality of life, and it is unknown how an interdisciplinary intervention involving frequent structured community pharmacy visits affects quality of life.
Does a pharmacy-based interdisciplinary intervention improve quality of life in elderly patients with heart failure?
Population
237 elderly patients with heart failure
Comparison
Pharmacy care vs usual care
Design
Randomized controlled trial
Follow-up
Median 2.0 years
Authors
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Supports integrating pharmacy visits into HF management; extends RCT evidence that adherence interventions can improve QoL.
RCT (n=237)
Does a pharmacy-based interdisciplinary intervention improve quality of life in elderly patients with heart failure?
Mean Difference: -7.7 (95% CI -14.5–-1)
p-value: p=0.026
A pharmacy-based interdisciplinary intervention involving regular contacts and dosing aids significantly improves long-term quality of life in elderly heart failure patients.
Schulz et al. (2020) conducted an RCT in Heart failure (n=237). Pharmacy care (medication review, dose dispensing, and counselling) vs. Usual care was evaluated on Quality of life at 730 days (Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire total score) (MD -7.7, 95% CI -14.5 to -1.0, p=0.026). Pharmacy care significantly improved quality of life at 730 days compared to usual care in heart failure patients (mean difference -7.7 points; 95% CI -14.5 to -1.0; P=0.026).
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