CHSJ

Curr Health Sci J, vol. 37, no. 2, 2011

Researches upon Practical Implementation of the Pharmaceutical Care Concept in a Community Pharmacy-based in Romania

[Original paper]

BACRIA RUXANDRA OCTAVIA(1), POPESCU FLORICA(1)


(1)Department of Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova


Abstract:

This research has proposed to evaluate the effects of the pharmaceutical care program upon the blood pressure and also upon the life quality on a batch of community pharmacy-based patients with high blood pressure from Pitesti town. The research was carried out on a batch of 50 patients with high blood pressure under monthly medical surveillance through the program, as compared with a witness batch of patients with high blood pressure. After 6 months of program implementation it was found a drop in systolic blood pressure within the experimental batch from 148,72± 15,2 to 130,24± 14,68 (p=0,043), and in the diastolic blood pressure from 93,09±  13,67 to 76,16 ± 7,42 (p=0,039). It could be noticed an improvement of the adherence to treatment and a life quality increase. Conclusions: A pharmaceutical care program can have beneficial effects in the case of patients with high blood pressure


Keywords: Pharmaceutical care program, Community pharmacy, Blood pressure, Antihypertensive therapy,Therapeutic management



Corresponding: Bacria Ruxandra Octavia, PhD Student Department of Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova Str Petru Rares nr. 4, 200456, Craiova, Dolj, Romania Mail andrabacria78@yahoo.com


DOI 10.12865/CHSJ.37.02.07 - Download PDF
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