A Randomized, Single Centered, Parallel and Open labelled Interventional Study on Effectiveness of Clinical Pharmacists on Adverse Event Following Immunization (AEFI) in Pediatric Population

2022 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronit K. Arvind ◽  
Faizan A. Beerwala ◽  
Shashikala C. Wali ◽  
Ashish S. Parihar ◽  
Madiwalayya S. Ganachari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Event ◽  
Clinical Pharmacist ◽  
Pediatric Population ◽  
Pharmacist Intervention ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Patient Counselling ◽  
Adverse Event Following Immunization ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice ◽  
Clinical Pharmacist Intervention

Background: Adverse events are a major threat to any immunization programs, which in turn have proven to be a boon for developing nations like India. Hindering factors, such as inadequate knowledge, inappropriate attitude, incorrect practices, etc., of the guardian affect the vaccination rate. Aim: This study aims to assess the effectiveness of clinical pharmacist intervention on an adverse event following immunization in the pediatric population receiving immunization. Materials and Methods: Pediatric subjects <5 yrs of both genders receiving immunization in a tertiary care hospital during the period of 8 months were considered. Subjects were randomized into control and interventional groups. Pharmaceutical intervention was done in interventional group in the form of patient counselling, and a patient information leaflet. Adverse event following immunization was recorded and analysed for both groups along with Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice scores of guardians’ pre and post intervention through customized data collection forms. Microsoft excel and statistical software SPSS IBM version 22 was used to analyse the data. Results: The study was conducted on a total of 88 subjects (n) in which 79 were <2 years, 1 and 8 were between 2-4 years and 4-5 years respectively. Forty-ninesubjects (55.69%) were female, while 39 were male (44.31%) with a response and completion rate of 91.66%. 97.7% subjects received Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccination (majority), while 8.88% received pneumococcal special vaccine (minority). Adverse event following immunization was recorded in 31(35.22%) cases. Knowledge, Attitude and Practice scores increased by 42.17%, 52% and 12.67%, respectively in guardians after clinical pharmacist intervention. Conclusion: This studydemonstrates that educational inputs, awareness programs, and proper medical professional intervention can act as a helping factor to fight against AEFI and towards the success of an immunization program.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF PATIENT COUNSELLING ON KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND PRACTICE OF HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 122
Author(s):  
Juna Ann Thomas ◽  
Kakani Sai Snigdha ◽  
Preethy Mathew Karanath ◽  
Ann Mary Swaroop
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Patient Counselling ◽  
Hypertensive Patients ◽  
Information Leaflets ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
A Prospective Study ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Objective: Hypertension is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide and proper assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) factors are helpful in its management. Our aim was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice among hypertensive patients and the impact of patient counselling on the same.Methods: A prospective study was conducted among hypertensive patients from November 2015 to April 2016. Suitably designed and validated KAP questionnaire was used to evaluate the baseline KAP score. Patient information leaflets were provided after counselling. After 3 mo patients were followed up and their KAP scores were reassessed and data were analysed.Results: Before the intervention, the mean score±SD of knowledge, attitude, and practice were 11.76(SD±4.58); 5.14(SD±2.13); 9.26(SD±1.66) which increased to 14.29(SD±2.95); 5.74(SD±1.39); 10.32(SD±1.33) respectively after the intervention.Conclusion: Our study suggests that pharmacist mediated counselling plays a vital role in improving patients’ knowledge, attitude, and practice towards the disease management

A study to assess the impact of pharmaceutical care services to cancer patients in a tertiary care hospital

2021 ◽  
pp. 107815522110050
Author(s):  
Kavya Karthikeyan ◽  
Vinayak B Sunil ◽  
Soumya M Alex ◽  
Madhu CS
Keyword(s):  
Pharmaceutical Care ◽  
Clinical Pharmacist ◽  
Therapeutic Outcome ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Patient Counselling ◽  
Cancer Data ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The Impact

Introduction Clinical pharmacist can enthusiastically involve in oncology department through utilizing the skills and knowledge to support wide variety of functions in patient care. The impact of pharmaceutical care services in oncology department were analysed through various approaches including the analysis of knowledge level of patients towards the disease and its management through patient counselling, monitoring of performance status, observing of ADR and drug safety. Incidence of cancer was scrutinized during the study. Methodology: A Prospective interventional study was conducted from November 2019 to March 2020 with the support of institutional ethical approval at oncology department of Lourdes hospital, Ernakulam. 133 patients were included with all type of cancer. Data collected through Performa with KAP questionnaire and direct interview was conducted. Statistical significance was evaluated through p value of <0.001 Result: 123 patients were completed both questionnaire. Among this 69.91% were females and most of the patients belonged to 50 – 65yeras age group and carcinoma was frequently reported type. End of the study showed significant change in the knowledge level of patients after interaction with the clinical pharmacist. 26 ADRs were reported including solitary and multiple ADRs. Recommendations associated with drug reconstitution, administration were frequently given to the nurses. Most of the interventions to improve therapeutic outcome of the patients were accepted by the oncologist. Conclusion Clinical pharmacist can actively participate in all aspects of the oncology department in association with physician and other health care providers to improve the therapeutic outcome and quality of life of patients.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF PHARMACIST INTERVENTION IN SCREENING AND EDUCATION ON BLOOD PRESSURE IN A RURAL AREA IN SOUTHERN INDIA

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 339
Author(s):  
Shanmuga Sundaram Rajagopal ◽  
Krishnaveni Kandasamy ◽  
Agilan Natarajan ◽  
Joyal Sebastian ◽  
Manikanta Konakalla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Pharmacist Intervention ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

ABSTRACTObjective: Hypertension (HTN) expends a consequential public health concern on cardiovascular health status and health-care systems in India. Theeffectuation of the pharmaceutical care program in the health care is an extremely important need to achieve the optimum therapeutic effect. Theobjective of the study was to assess the impact of pharmacist intervention on patient’s blood pressure (BP) level, quality of life (QOL), and knowledge,attitude, and practice (KAP) of hypertensive patients.Methods: A randomized controlled pilot study was carried out for 6 months. The hypertensive patients were randomized into control and interventiongroup based on age, and both the groups were interviewed using KAP and WHO QOL-BREF questionnaires, screened BP, respectively, at baseline andeach follow-up after post counseling section to the intervention group. The effect of pharmacist intervention on QOL and KAP among control andintervention was statistically analyzed by paired t-test using SPSS version 16.Results: The total sample studied was 60, of which 20 (33.33%) were males and 40 (66.67%) were females. In our study, the QOL score for eachdomain of both intervention and control groups were almost poor (p˃0.05) at baseline and for the intervention group, a highly significant improvement(p<0.001) was observed for all domains in final follow-up. KAP score of intervention group also showed a significant improvement (p<0.001) frombaseline to final follow-up. In this study, intervention group showed a significant mean reduction of systolic BP from baseline 150.13±25.670 to finalfollow-up 145.33±12.914.Conclusion: The results of the study showed a significant improvement in the patient’s KAP toward different aspects of HTN and QOL followingpharmacist mediated counseling. Involvement of pharmacy practitioners in the management of HTN significantly improves QOL and KAPs.Keywords: Hypertension, Quality of life, Knowledge, Attitude and practice, Pharmacist intervention, Patient counseling.

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