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A non-clinical randomised controlled trial to assess the impact of pharmaceutical care intervention on satisfaction level of newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Nepal

Upadhyay DK 1 , Mohamed Ibrahim MI 2 , Mishra P 3 , Alurkar VM 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Discipline of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. din.sun2030@gmail.com
  • 2 College of Pharmacy, Qatar University, PO Box 2713, Doha, Qatar. mohamedizham@qu.edu.qa
  • 3 American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, 1 University Drive at Jordan Road, Cupecoy, St. Maarten. pmishra@aucmed.edu
  • 4 Department of Medicine, Manipal College of Medical Sciences and Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal. vijayalurkar@yahoo.co.in
BMC Health Serv Res, 2015;15:57.
PMID: 25888828 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0715-5

Abstract

Patient satisfaction is the ultimate goal of healthcare system which can be achieved from good patient-healthcare professional relationship and quality of healthcare services provided. Study was conducted to determine the baseline satisfaction level of newly diagnosed diabetics and to explore the impact of pharmaceutical care intervention on patients' satisfaction during their follow-ups in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Nepal.

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