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Effectiveness of Pharmaceutical Care in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Elderly at Kamrieng Primary Care Unit, Maha Sarakham |
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| Creator | Paramate Tanomkit |
| Title | Effectiveness of Pharmaceutical Care in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Elderly at Kamrieng Primary Care Unit, Maha Sarakham |
| Contributor | Issara Chummalee, Usawadee Maleewong |
| Publisher | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences KKU MSU UBU |
| Publication Year | 2552 |
| Journal Title | Isan Journal ofPharmaceutical Sciences |
| Journal Vol. | 5 |
| Journal No. | 2 |
| Page no. | 167-173 |
| Keyword | Diabetes Mellitus, Elderly, Pharmaceutical care |
| URL Website | https://tci-thaijo.org/index.php/IJPS |
| Website title | Isan Journal ofPharmaceutical Sciences, IJPS |
| ISSN | 19050852 |
| Abstract | Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a major health problem of the elderly in Thailand. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of pharmaceutical care in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in Kamriang primary care unit (PCU), Maha Sarakham province. A one group pretest-posttest design study was conducted to compare knowledge and health behavior, fasting blood sugar level and the numbers of drug related problems (DRPs) before and after the provision of pharmaceutical care (e.g. DM education, self-care management) by a PharmD student. The data was collected by interviewing 30 elderly volunteers, who were included by a simple random sampling technique between 5th January and 28th February, 2008. The results showed that the participants were 8 men and 22 women with mean?SD age of 67.20?5.52 and a 1-5 year history of diabetes mellitus. After receiving interventions, patients had significantly increased knowledge (p < 0.01) and self-care management scores (p=0.02). Patients' fasting blood glucose levels showed a significantly decrease (p < 0.01). In terms of drug related problems, these decreased from 8 to 5 after the intervention. In conclusion, this study demonstrated the effectiveness of pharmaceutical care on the improvement of knowledge, behavior, and blood sugar level in DM patients particularly the elderly. |
