Pharmacist intervention in improving hypertension-related knowledge, treatment medication adherence and health-related quality of life: a non-clinical randomized controlled trial

Saleem F 1 , Hassali MA 2 , Shafie AA 1 , Ul Haq N 1 , Farooqui M 3 , Aljadhay H 4 Show all authors , Ahmad FU 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 Discipline of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
  • 2 School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
  • 3 Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Penang, Malaysia
  • 4 College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • 5 Discipline of Physiology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
Health Expect, 2015 Oct;18(5):1270-81.
PMID: 23786500 DOI: 10.1111/hex.12101

Abstract

The study evaluated whether a pharmaceutical care intervention can result in better understanding about hypertension, increase medication adherence to antihypertensive therapy and improve overall health-related quality of life.

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