The role of the clinical pharmacist in patient education and monitoring of patients under warfarin treatment
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Tarih
2019
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Özet
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out on patients who were under anticoagulation treatment with warfarin, at the
outpatient cardiology clinic. The aim was to determine the effectiveness of pharmacist consultation, education, and
intervention on each patient’s therapeutic results. A cross-sectional randomized trial has been done. Twenty-five
patients were included in the study. The Oral Anticoagulation Knowledge (OAK) Test, Short Form-36 (SF-36) and Duke
Anticoagulation Satisfaction Scale (DASS) were applied. Patients resumed their routine anticoagulation treatment and
INR and complications were recorded during the study. Additionally, patients received patient education, consultation
on lifestyle and anticoagulant usage issues from a pharmacist. The same tests were applied again to the patients on the
90th day of the study and the results were compared with the initial test. Maintenance of INR within the target range
and complication rates were compared before and after the intervention. Pre-test and post-test results of the patients
revealed statistically significant improvements on the physical and mental score components of the SF-36 (p = 0.001; p
= 0.001), OAK test scores (p ≤ 0.001) and the (negative) “limitations” and “burdens” and “positive effects” components
of the DASS (p = 0.005; p < 0.001; p = 0.001). The successful maintenance of INR within target range was significantly
higher (p = 0.027). The positive effects of pharmacist consultation and education on therapeutic results were
demonstrated.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Warfarin, Anticoagulation, Monitoring, Clinical Pharmacist
Kaynak
Journal of research in pharmacy
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N/A
Scopus Q Değeri
Q3
Cilt
23
Sayı
6
Künye
İzzettin F., Çelik S., Acar R., Tezcan S., Aksoy N., Bektay M., Sancar M. (2019). The role of the clinical pharmacist in patient education and monitoring of patients under warfarin treatment. Journal of research in pharmacy (online), 23(6), 1157 - 1163.
