Impact of Pharmaceutical Home Care on Compliances and Clinical Outcomes of Hypertensive Patients
Journal Title: Indonesian Journal of Clinical Pharmacy - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
In the Indonesian health universal coverage system the hypertensive patients that grouped into the refer back patient treatment category, is one target of pharmaceutical home care. The aim of this study was to carried out the impact of pharmaceutical home care on patient compliances and clinical outcomes of hypertension without compeling indication out-patient on Wangaya General Hospital in the municipality of Denpasar Bali. Design research is an experimental study with one group pre-post test design. The thirteen patients who met the inclusion criteria will be given pharmaceutical home care services for 16 visits over three months period. The complianced levels were scored and statistical analyzed using linear regression and wilcoxon test. The pharmaceutical home care visit could increase the patients adherence to antihypertensive drug administration, increasing diet compliance, and adherence of physical exercise from good adherence to excellent adherence (p value=0,001), Pharmaceutical home care visit could increase patient compliance to restrictions of smoking and alcohol consumption from good adherence to very good adherence. The decreasing of the patient’s systolic blood pressure correlated to the pharmacist home visit (p value=0,000). The pharmaceutical home care has influenced on health behavior of hypertensive patients and the patients concordance to take their medication and introduced better clinical outcome.
Authors and Affiliations
Luh P. F Larasanty, Ni Made L. Meilinayanti, Ni Made P. Susanti, I Made A. G. Wirasuta
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- EP ID EP356819
- DOI 10.15416/ijcp.2015.4.3.162
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