A randomised controlled trial of the impact of structured written and verbal advice by community pharmacists on improving hypertension education and control in patients with high blood pressure

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Ejaz CheemaDonald R J Singer

Abstract

This study was aimed to determine whether structured written and verbal education provided to patients by community pharmacists about high blood pressure (BP) and its treatment would be (a) better retained and (b) be associated with improved BP control as compared to patients receiving verbal advice only. The study was designed as a randomised controlled trial and was conducted in the West Midlands, UK, between January 2014 and June 2014. The primary outcome measures were differences in systolic and diastolic BP from baseline and retention of information about high BP assessed with a questionnaire at 2-, 4- and 26-week follow-up points. A total of 64 adults were included in the study. At the week 26 follow-up, compared to participants in the control group, there was a significant improvement in the knowledge of intervention participants about the risks associated with high BP (p < 0.001) and awareness about potential adverse effects of the new BP medicine (p < 0.001). Similarly, there was a greater and more significant reduction in systolic BP in favour of the intervention group 8 mmHg (95% CI 2.1-13.3 p = 0.009) compared to 6 mmHg (95% CI 0.6-11.7 p = 0.02) in the control group at the week 4 follow-up. However, this greater ef...Continue Reading

References

Apr 10, 1995·Archives of Internal Medicine·N R CookC H Hennekens
Sep 25, 2001·American Journal of Preventive Medicine·L E BoulwareN R Powe
Aug 5, 2005·The New England Journal of Medicine·Lars Osterberg, Terrence Blaschke
Jun 1, 1948·The Journal of Applied Psychology·R FLESCH

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Jun 4, 2021·International Journal of Clinical Practice·Mohamad HoujaziKishore Gnana Sam
Aug 18, 2021·Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal : SPJ : the Official Publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society·Basmah AlbabtainEjaz Cheema

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Clinical Trials Mentioned

NCT01939860

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Antihypertensive Agents: Mechanisms of Action

Antihypertensive drugs are used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure) which aims to prevent the complications of high blood pressure, such as stroke and myocardial infarction. Discover the latest research on antihypertensive drugs and their mechanism of action here.