Effectiveness of clinical pharmacist intervention on health-related quality of life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder patients - a randomized controlled study

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
A SuhajC Mallikarjuna Rao

Abstract

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a preventable and treatable disease, has been described as '10% medication and 90% education'. Extreme physician scarcity limits the implementation of quality healthcare delivery in India. We conducted this study to evaluate the effectiveness of clinical pharmacist intervention on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with COPD in an Indian tertiary care hospital. An open-labelled randomized controlled study was conducted over a 3-year period, at Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Manipal, India, after obtaining institutional ethics clearance (IEC 88/2012). The study was registered with the Indian clinical trial registry (CTRI/2014/08/004848). Patients were randomly assigned to two groups (intervention group [IG] and control group [CG]) by envelope method. St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) was used to assess the HRQoL. The pharmacist intervention laid emphasis on (i) importance of medication compliance, (ii) need for smoking cessation, (iii) simple exercise, (iv) proper use of inhaler devices and (v) need for timely follow-up by pulmonary medicine department. SGRQ assessment was repeated at 6, 12, 18 and 24 months. Of 328 patients with COPD screened during t...Continue Reading

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