The effectiveness of clinical pharmacist's intervention in improving asthma care in children and adolescents: Randomized controlled study in Jordan.
Patient Educ Couns
; 100(4): 728-735, 2017 04.
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| ID: mdl-27839892
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the effectiveness of clinical pharmacist's intervention on achieving better asthma control, quality of life and other clinical parameters.METHODS:
A prospective randomized controlled study in north Jordan was conducted. Pediatric patients with asthma (aged 7-18 years old) were included and randomly allocated into two groups, intervention and control. Both groups were interviewed at the first visit and followed up twice by phone (at 3 and 6 months). Education was provided to patients and their caregivers in the intervention group only.RESULTS:
Of 206 eligible patients recruited and randomized to our study, 178 patients completed the study (48.3% intervention versus 51.7% control). There were no significant differences in all baseline data between both groups. We identified significant differences in the improvement of asthma control (p<0.001) and consequently pediatric and caregiver quality of life (p<0.001) between both groups at the end of study. Significant differences were also detected in other clinical parameters (p<0.05).CONCLUSION:
Implementation of clinical pharmacy service can positively influence asthma control, pediatric and caregiver's quality of life, and other clinical parameters. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS To maintain a good asthma status, education of pediatric patients and their caregivers should be part of routine assessment during clinic visit.Mots clés
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Base de données:
MEDLINE
Sujet principal:
Parents
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Pharmaciens
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Qualité de vie
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Asthme
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Éducation du patient comme sujet
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Aidants
Type d'étude:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
Aspects:
Patient_preference
Limites:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Pays/Région comme sujet:
Asia
Langue:
En
Journal:
Patient Educ Couns
Année:
2017
Type de document:
Article