Open AccessRole of pharmacist counseling in pharmacotherapy quality improvement
Author(s) -
Yalda Sanii,
Hassan Torkamandi,
Kheirollah Gholami,
Naser Hadavand,
Mohammadreza Javadi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of research in pharmacy practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2319-9644
pISSN - 2279-042X
DOI - 10.4103/2279-042x.179580
Subject(s) - medicine , pharmacist , patient satisfaction , intervention (counseling) , pharmacotherapy , physical therapy , medication adherence , regimen , patient education , family medicine , pharmacy , nursing
Hospitalization and subsequent discharge home often involve discontinuity of care, multiple changes in medication regimens, and inadequate patient education regarding the instruction of drug use, respiratory devices, and disease information and also lack of information about the drug's side effects that can lead to medication nonadherence and low level of treatment satisfaction. Hence, we decided to design a study to determine the effect of patient counseling at discharge and also their follow-up by pharmacist on their treatment satisfaction and medication adherence.