Pharmacist counseling to cardiac patients in Israel prior to discharge from hospital contribute to increasing patient's medication adherence closing gaps and improving outcomes

Journal of Translational Medicine

Research

Bishara Bisharat¹  Zaher Armaly¹  Abdalla Bowirrat¹  Orna Baron-Epel²  Lubna Hafi² 

[1] Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Neuroscience, EMMS Nazareth-The Nazareth Hospital, 16100, Nazareth, Israel;School of Public Health Haifa University, Haifa, Israel;

关键词: Pharmacist intervention;    Cardiac patients;    Medication adherence;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1479-5876-10-34

 received in 2011-11-13, accepted in 2012-03-01,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundMedication non adherence is a global epidemic perplexing phenomenon that is eminent, but not insurmountable. Our first objective was to explore whether providing pharmacist's counseling to cardiac patients prior to discharge can increase patient's medication adherence, and our second objective was to assess whether better medication adherence leads to reduction of hospital readmissions.MethodsObservational study was conducted among diagnosed cardiac patients using an intervention strategy at discharge from two hospitals in Israel; The Nazareth and the Haemek hospital. 74 patients were recruited between January 2010 and January 2011. Two separate groups were selected; intervention group: 33 patients who prior to discharge received nurse, pharmacist interventions, and control group: 41 patients who had received the nurse and hospital discharge counseling only.ResultsRegression analysis for examining the first objective reflected significant effect when having a pharmacist interventions, which explains the increasing 11.6% of the variance in medication adherence, [F change (1,73) = 9.43, p < 0.003]. Stepwise regression analysis for examining the second objective demonstrated that the relation between medication adherence and readmissions was insignificant [F (1,73) = 9.43, n.s].ConclusionsWhile physicians and nurses can have an impact on improving adherence, pharmacists have demonstrated the ability to inform, problem-solve and provide performance support directly to patients.

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