在高血压的管理中利用远程药学
Ivan Eduku Mozu1, Afia Frimpomaa Asare Marfo1, John Serbe Marfo2
1Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy
|December 25, 2023
概括
远程药房服务显著改善了加纳高血压患者的血压控制. 这种方法提高了药物坚持和生活方式的改变,证明了其在管理高血压方面的有效性.
科学领域:
- 心血管医学 心血管医学
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 制药科学 制药科学
背景情况:
- 全球心血管疾病死亡人数正在上升,高血压是主要的危险因素.
- 高血压管理具有挑战性,特别是在撒哈拉以南非洲,这是患病率最高的地区.
- 远程医疗为改善高血压护理和控制提供了一个有前途的解决方案.
研究的目的:
- 评估基于远程药房的药物护理干预措施的有效性.
- 评估对高血压患者的药物坚持,治疗生活方式实践和血压控制的影响.
主要方法:
- 一项为期六个月的随机对照试验,涉及加纳118名高血压患者.
- 干预组除了标准护理外,还接受了远程药房服务;对照组仅接受了标准护理.
- 测量结果包括血压,药物坚持,生活方式修改和药物护理问题.
主要成果:
- 在干预组中,平均静缩和静缩血压显著降低 (p < 0.05).
- 控制血压的患者比例增加 (39.0%至66.1%) 和改善药物坚持.
- 更多地采用生活方式修改 (减少盐摄入,增加运动) 和解决药物护理问题 (87%).
结论:
- 通过电话进行的远程药房干预措施有效地改善了高血压患者的血压控制.
- 这项研究表明,远程药剂在促进药物坚持和治疗性生活方式改变方面发挥了作用.
- 远程医疗促进了药物护理问题的识别和解决,改善了整体患者管理.
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