Effects of intensive pharmaceutical intervention led by clinical pharmacists on the risk of ischemic stroke in hypertensive patients / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To explore the effects of intensive pharmaceutical intervention led by clinical pharmacists on hypertension patients with medium and high risk of ischemic stroke. METHODS The hypertension outpatients with medium and high risk of ischemic stroke， who were assessed by the modified Framingham stroke scale in Zhengzhou People’s Hospital from Oct. 2019 to Apr. 2020， were randomly divided into control group and intervention group， with 200 cases in each group. Patients in the control group received conventional treatment without pharmaceutical intervention； on the basis of conventional treatment， patients in the intervention group received 12-month intensive pharmaceutical intervention （grading management of compliance+ regular follow-up， involving medication education and guidance， blood glucose， blood pressure， blood lipid management and healthy life guidance） provided by clinical pharmacists. The blood glucose indexes， blood lipid indexes， blood pressure compliance rate， medication compliance， 10-year stroke risk and stroke incidence were compared between two groups at baseline and 12 months after enrollment. RESULTS After 12 months of enrollment， the level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol （LDL-C） in intervention group was significantly lower than that in the same group at baseline， and the levels of fasting blood glucose， glycosylated hemoglobin， total cholesterol and LDL-C in intervention group were significantly lower than those in control group at the same time points （P＜0.05 or P＜0.01）. The compliance rate of blood pressure and medication compliance in intervention group were significantly higher or better than those in control group （P＜0.01）. There were 12 and 15 patients in control group and intervention group turned into low-risk ones respectively， and the proportion of high-risk patients in intervention group was significantly lower than that in control group（P＜0.01）， while the proportion of medium-risk patients was significantly higher than that in control group（P＜0.05）； the incidence of stroke in intervention group was significantly lower than that in control group （1.0% vs. 4.5%， P＜0.05）. CONCLUSIONS The pharmaceutical intensive intervention led by clinical pharmacists can reduce blood glucose and blood lipid levels of hypertensive outpatients， improve their blood pressure compliance rate and medication compliance， and help reduce the risk of stroke.