An evaluation of a community pharmacy‐based rural asthma management service

Saini, Bandana; Filipovska, Julija; Bosnic‐Anticevich, Sinthia; Taylor, Susan; Krass, Ines; Armour, Carol

doi:10.1111/j.1440-1584.2008.00975.x

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“…These results therefore provide an important benchmark to practices in different parts of the world. These outcomes reinforce other findings that pharmacists, who already interact with patients as they fill their prescriptions, are well suited not only to provide regular education and counseling, but also to help correct patients' misconceptions about their condition and medications, thereby encouraging self-management practices that support better outcomes [37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49]. Thus, arranging regular and repeated guidance by pharmacists through outpatient services would be valuable for asthma patients.…”

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Clinical pharmacist counseling improves outcomes for Taiwanese asthma patients

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“…While studies of asthma education often involve nurses or doctors (shown to be equally effective [36]), many have shown the efficacy of using pharmacists in the community setting [37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49]. A recent study by Petkova [37] reported on a 4-month educational intervention based in community pharmacies.…”

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“…Pharmacist interventions have been shown to improve asthma control, asthma knowledge and self-care in disease management [26,33,34]. Different approaches to asthma education delivery have now been tested in pharmacies, e.g.…”

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Asthma disease management—Australian pharmacists’ interventions improve patients’ asthma knowledge and this is sustained

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Objectives: To assess any improvements in knowledge of asthma patients after a tailored education program delivered by pharmacists and measure the sustainability of any improvements. To ascertain patients' perceptions about any changes in their knowledge.Methods: 96 specially trained pharmacists recruited patients based on their risk of poor asthma control. A tailored intervention was delivered to patients based on individual needs and goals, and was conducted at three or four time points over six months. Asthma knowledge was assessed at the beginning and end of the service, and six and 12 months after it had ended. Patients' perceptions of the impact of the service on their knowledge were explored qualitatively in interviews.

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“…Several studies conducted proved that pharmaceutical care provided by a pharmacist is an important part in the asthma management. [35678910111213] Use of drugs in asthma patients is also a matter of self-regulation and self-management. [14] This study aims at the outcome of providing pharmaceutical care for asthma patients through an active partnership between clinical pharmacist and patients, for achieving a good control of asthma with symptom monitoring, optimal pharmacotherapy, and control of confounding factors.…”

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Pharmaceutical care for asthma patients: A Developing Country′s Experience

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Objective:This study aims at the outcome of providing pharmaceutical care service for asthma patients through an active partnership between clinical pharmacist and patients, for an optimal pharmacotherapy and a better quality of life (QoL).Methods:In this controlled clinical trial, which was conducted for 8 months (2009) in the Institute of Pulmonary Medicine and Research Centre of a 550-bedded multispecialty tertiary care teaching hospital in India, all patients diagnosed with asthma at least 6 months before getting enrolled in this study were included (n = 66). Patients were divided into the intervention group who received pharmaceutical care through asthma education, medication counselling, instructions on lifestyle modifications, asthma care diary, etc., and the control group who were not provided any pharmaceutical care. Asthma control in the two groups was assessed using Asthma Control Test (ACT) at regular intervals. QoL in both groups was assessed at regular intervals using standardized Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ).Findings:The mean AQLQ scores for the intervention group at the baseline were changed to significantly higher amounts in the final visit indicating overall, activity, symptoms, emotional, and environmental domains, respectively (P < 0.05). The mean ACT scores for intervention group at baseline were also increased in statistically significant amounts in the final visit for all the five ACT questions (P < 0.05).Conclusion:Our pharmaceutical care program showed a positive impact in improving patient's asthma-related QoL, lung function, and asthma control. By providing structured pharmaceutical care, clinical pharmacists can help asthma patients to achieve desired health outcomes.

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An evaluation of a community pharmacy‐based rural asthma management service

Abstract: These results indicated that the community pharmacy-based RAMS model can improve asthma outcomes for patients in rural settings, and similar models for asthma and other chronic diseases should be tested rigorously and adopted in rural primary care practice.

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Clinical pharmacist counseling improves outcomes for Taiwanese asthma patients

Clinical pharmacist counseling improves outcomes for Taiwanese asthma patients

Asthma disease management—Australian pharmacists’ interventions improve patients’ asthma knowledge and this is sustained

Pharmaceutical care for asthma patients: A Developing Country′s Experience

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