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Impact of pharmaceutical care on health outcomes in patients with COPD

Link: 10.1007/s11096-011-9585-z
Author: Jarab, A. S. Country/countries: Jordan Number of patients participating in the study: 133 This study was focused on patients living with COPD
Intervention analysed in the study: Usual Care Plus Intervention components: UCP
See more Setting of implementation: N/A Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring, action-based and emotional-based behavioural techniques Intervention components: E+MT+AB+EB
See more Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Pharmacists Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Early recognition of symptoms, Medication use and adherence, Self-monitoring, Smoking cessation or reduction

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Adherence to treatment and recommended visits Adherence to medication Morisky Medication Adherence Scale-8 (MMAS-8),
Knowledge Knowledge COPD Knowledge Questionnaire (COPD-Q)
Lung Function FEV1 (L/min) - forced expiratory volume N/A
Number of emergency room visits and admissions Emergency room/department visits N/A
Number of emergency room visits and admissions COPD-related hospital admissions N/A
Qualiy of life Quality of life (specific-disease instruments) N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 62.51 years (+/- a standard deviation of 21.99) Gender: 79 females Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 53.25 (+/- a standard deviation of 16.88) Multi-morbidity: N/A

  • Number of co-morbidities: N/A

 Level of health literacy: N/A

  • Tool: N/A

 Socio-economic characteristics: N/A

Risk of Bias of this study

Outcome Random sequence generation Allocation concealment Blinding performance Blinding detection objective outcomes assessment Attrition incomplete outcome Incorrect statistical methods Recruitment bias Selective outcome reporting
Adherence to treatment and recommended visits - Adherence to medication
Knowledge - Knowledge
Lung Function - FEV1 (L/min) - forced expiratory volume
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - COPD-related hospital admissions
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - Emergency room/department visits
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (specific-disease instruments)