Effect of an educational intervention on the number potential drug-drug interactions
Aigul Z Mussina1, Gaziza A Smagulova2, Galina V Veklenko3
1Department of Propedeutics of Internal Diseases and Clinical Pharmacology, West Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov State Medical University, Abulhair Khan Avenue, 21-1-30, Aktobe 030020, Kazakhstan.
Background:
The objective of this study was to evaluate effect of an Educational intervention on the number Potential Drug-Drug Interactions in the Emergency Hospital.
Methods:
The prevalence and structure of Major Drug-Drug Interactions at Emergency care Hospitals of Aktobe, Uralsk, Atyrau cities (Kazakhstan) were studied (pharmacoepidemiological, cross-sectional study). Educational interventions were developed and implemented to improve pharmacotherapy in the Cardiology Department of the Aktobe Emergency Hospital, followed by an assessment of their effect.
Results:
The effect of educational interventions was revealed, which led to a significant decrease in the indicators of drug interactions of the Major Drug-Drug Interactions by 18.2% (OR: 0.45; 95% CI, 0.25-to-0.82) in the cardiological patients of the Emergency Care Hospital of Aktobe city compared to the Regional Cardiology Center of Uralsk.
Conclusion:
The implementation of educational pharmacotherapy programs decreased the number of clinically significant drug interactions in the Cardiology Department of Emergency Hospitals.
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