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Pharmaceutical care improves medication adherence and quality of life in type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- Source :
- Pharmacy Practice (1886-3655); Oct-Dec2023, Vol. 21 Issue 4, p1-7, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Aims: This study aimed to evaluate whether pharmacotherapeutic follow-up in patients with T2DM in primary care interferes in metabolic control, cardiovascular risk, medication adherence and quality of life. Methods: A prospective clinical study was conducted at two Primary Health Units in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil with 75 patients with T2DM between 40 and 70 years old. The parameters of metabolic control evaluated included fasting blood glucose, HbA1c, triglyceride/HDL-c and total cholesterol/HDL-c ratio. The cardiovascular risk was calculated based on the Framingham risk score. Adherence to medication was measured using the Brief Medication Questionnaire and quality of life was evaluated by applying the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Bref. Results: After the follow-up, there was a significant decreasing in cardiovascular risk (p=0.048) and total cholesterol/HDL-c ratio (p=0.024) and a discrete improvement in fast glucose and HbA1c levels. The quality of life scores increased for all domains (p<0.0001) and the treatment adherence also improved with 12.00% of the patients classified as low adherence in the final time, against 41.33% before the meetings. Conclusion: These results show the proposed pharmacotherapeutic follow-up influenced positively cardiovascular risk, adherence to therapy and quality of life in all domains, and, therefore, may contribute to delay the onset of the main chronic complications of the disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- INSULIN therapy
PATIENT aftercare
CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors
GLYCOSYLATED hemoglobin
TRIGLYCERIDES
HDL cholesterol
GLYCEMIC control
BLOOD sugar monitoring
ANTHROPOMETRY
DIABETES
TYPE 2 diabetes
TREATMENT effectiveness
PRIMARY health care
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
DRUGS
QUALITY of life
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
PATIENT compliance
PATIENT education
STATISTICAL sampling
LONGITUDINAL method
CHOLESTEROL
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1885642X
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Pharmacy Practice (1886-3655)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175430865
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.18549/PharmPract.2023.4.2869