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Measurement of Outcomes in Adults Receiving Pharmaceutical Care in a Comprehensive Asthma Outpatient Clinic
Author(s) -
Knoell Daren L.,
Pierson Jerome E,
Marsh Clay B.,
Allen James N.,
Pathak Dev S.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
pharmacotherapy: the journal of human pharmacology and drug therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.227
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1875-9114
pISSN - 0277-0008
DOI - 10.1002/j.1875-9114.1998.tb03162.x
Subject(s) - pulmonologist , medicine , asthma , emergency department , pharmacist , family medicine , outpatient clinic , emergency medicine , pharmacy , intensive care medicine , nursing
We hypothesized that a pharmacist‐provided comprehensive education program in conjunction with care provided by a pulmonologist would lead to improved economic, clinical, and humanistic outcomes in adults with asthma, compared with similar patients receiving care from a pulmonologist alone. The experimental group reported receiving more information about asthma self‐management (p=0.001), were more likely to monitor peak flow readings (p=0.004), and had increased satisfaction with care, and perceived higher quality of care. Both groups had less lost productivity, fewer emergency department visits, fewer hospitalizations, and fewer physician visits, as well as improvement in symptoms scores within 45 days. Both groups improved in all functional status domains except the mental component score of the SF‐12. Our results show a positive impact on outcomes in adults with asthma who received pharmaceutical care.