Ponnusankar Sivasankaran, Surulivelrajan Mallayasamy, Anandamoorthy Nunjundiah, Suresh Bhojraj
Center for Patient Counseling and Education, Department of Pharmacy Practice, JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty, The Nilgiris, Tamilnadu, India.
Patient Educ Couns. 2004 Jul;54(1):55-60. doi: 10.1016/S0738-3991(03)00193-9.
The primary aim of this study was to assess the impact of patient medication counseling by comparing the levels of patient's medication knowledge and adherence achieved by medication counseling in an outpatient clinic. Ninety patients were randomized in the ratio of 1:2 into either counseled or usual care group. Their medication knowledge was assessed by a questionnaire and adherence was assessed by pill count method and self-assessment by the patients. Their medication knowledge was assessed at baseline and during their subsequent appointments. The average medication knowledge score of the counseled group versus usual care group was 13.82+/-1.8064 and 11.78+/-3.5037. Compliance score of the patients during their follow-up period was 92.29+/-4.5 and 84.71+/-11.80 for the counseled and control group, respectively. Statistical analysis of medication knowledge was carried out and all the demographic characters and number of medication were individually correlated with medication knowledge score and the difference observed was statistically significant. Compliance score of the patients was 92.29+/-4.5 and 84.71+/-11.8 % for the counseled and usual care group, respectively.
本研究的主要目的是通过比较门诊患者药物咨询所达到的患者用药知识水平和依从性，评估患者药物咨询的影响。90名患者按1:2的比例随机分为咨询组或常规护理组。通过问卷评估他们的用药知识，通过药丸计数法和患者自我评估来评估依从性。在基线时以及随后的就诊期间评估他们的用药知识。咨询组与常规护理组的平均用药知识得分分别为13.82±1.8064和11.78±3.5037。咨询组和对照组患者随访期间的依从性得分分别为92.29±4.5和84.71±11.80。对用药知识进行了统计分析，所有人口统计学特征和用药数量均分别与用药知识得分相关，观察到的差异具有统计学意义。咨询组和常规护理组患者的依从性得分分别为92.29±4.5和84.71±11.8%。
