Open AccessANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COUNSELING AND DIGITAL BOOKLET BY PHARMACIST ON ADHERENCE AND PAIN CONTROL OF CANCER PATIENTS AT DHARMAIS CANCER HOSPITAL
Author(s) -
Rurynta Ferly Shavira,
Retnosari Andrajati,
Risani Andalasia Putri
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asian journal of pharmaceutical and clinical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2455-3891
pISSN - 0974-2441
DOI - 10.22159/ajpcr.2021.v14i8.42167
Subject(s) - medicine , intervention (counseling) , physical therapy , medication adherence , pill , cancer pain , test (biology) , significant difference , breast cancer , pain scale , cancer , rating scale , family medicine , nursing , psychology , paleontology , developmental psychology , biology
Objective: This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of counseling and digital booklet on the level of treatment adherence through reduced pain scale, Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8) scores, and pill count scores in patients with cancer pain using opioid analgesics.Methods: The author conducted this study at Dharmais Cancer Hospital with a quasi-experimental design. The study sample consisted of 134 respondents who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria, underwent a counseling intervention, and received a digital booklet. The author divided the sample into two groups, the counseling group (n=67) and the digital booklet group (n=67). Adherence level was measured using MMAS-8 and pill count. The pain scale was measured using the Numerical Rating Scale. Those measurements were conducted before the intervention (pre-test) and after 2 weeks of provisioning counseling and receipt of the digital booklet (post-test).Results: The results showed that each counseling and digital booklet improve adherence (p<0.05) and decrease pain scale (p<0.05). There was a significant difference in changes in the level of adherence (p=0.027) between the two groups. However, there was no significant difference in changes in the pain scale (p=0.132) between the two groups.Conclusions: The analysis showed a significant difference (p<0.05) between adherence level and pain scale before and after intervention by both counseling and digital booklet. Nevertheless, adherent increasing and pain scale reduction by counseling is better than a digital booklet.