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Outcomes of Pharmaceutical Care in Tuberculosis Patients at Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindrahiraj University |
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| Creator | Krittima Phochanasomboon |
| Title | Outcomes of Pharmaceutical Care in Tuberculosis Patients at Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindrahiraj University |
| Publisher | Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital |
| Publication Year | 2559 |
| Journal Title | Vajira Med J |
| Journal Vol. | 60 |
| Journal No. | 3 |
| Page no. | 171 - 180 |
| Keyword | Tuberculosis, Pharmaceutical Care |
| ISSN | 0125-1252 |
| Abstract | Objectives: To study the outcomes of pharmaceutical care in which the number of drug-related problems and knowledge of disease condition, medications, adverse drug reactions, andbehavior of the tuberculosis patients.Methods: This study was a retrospective descriptive study in new tuberculosis patients between October 2011 and May 2014. Each patient received pharmaceutical care during the treatmentof tuberculosis. The outcomes were analyzed by descriptive statistics.Results: There were 211 patients were enrolled in this study, (127 males, 60.2%). Drug-related problems were identified and classified into 5 categories which were adverse drug reactions (90 patients, 42.7%), overdosage (32 patients, 15.2%), subtherapeutic dosage (22 patients, 10.4%), drug interactions (30 patients, 14.2%) and untreated indications (8 patients, 3.8%). Asfor the tuberculosis patient's knowledge of the disease condition, medications, adverse drug reactions, and their behavior, most of them (209 patients, 99.1%) were well-aware ofimportance of taking medications regularly, adhering to the follow-up appointment and monitoring adverse drug reactions.Conclusion: Pharmaceutical care in this study shows that it can help identifying and solving the drug-related problems. It also can promote knowledge of the disease condition, medications, adverse drug reaction, and behavior of the tuberculosis patients. The successful outcomes of the tuberculosis treatment were consistent with those of the National Tuberculosis Program. |
