Effect of pharmaceutical care on clinical outcomes of outpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Patient Preference and Adherence
Hua ShaoHui Jin

Abstract

In the People's Republic of China, outpatients have limited time with their physicians. Thus, compared to inpatients, outpatients have lower medication adherence and are less knowledgeable about their disease. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of pharmaceutical care on clinical outcomes of outpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). A randomized, controlled, prospective clinical trial was conducted recruiting a total of 240 T2DM outpatients from Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University. The control group (CG) received only common care from medical staff, whereas the inter vention group (IG) received extra pharmaceutical care from clinical pharmacists. Biochemical data such as blood pressure (BP), fasting blood glucose (FBG), glycosylated hemoglobin A1 (HbA1c), and blood lipid were collected before and after 6-month intervention. The primary end points in this study were FBG and HbA1c. After the intervention, most of the baseline clinical outcomes of the patients in IG significantly improved, while only body mass index, diastolic BP, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and total cholesterol (TC) improved significantly in patients in the CG. Compared to CG, in IG, there were significant improvements in F...Continue Reading

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Sep 5, 2018·The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews·Mícheál de BarraMargaret C Watson
Aug 15, 2018·American Journal of Health-system Pharmacy : AJHP : Official Journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists·Danielle R FixenJoseph P Vande Griend
Nov 13, 2019·Journal of the American Heart Association·Francisco Martínez-MardonesVictoria Garcia-Cardenas
Jun 2, 2020·European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy. Science and Practice·Xianli WangJing Tang
Oct 18, 2019·Journal of Pharmacy & Bioallied Sciences·Muhammad Z IqbalSyed Azhar Syed Sulaiman

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