SMART Pharmacists Serving the New Needs of the Post-COVID Patients, Leaving No-One Behind.

ABSTRACT: This study aims to demonstrate the improvements in clinical symptoms in patients with post-COVID syndrome after a community pharmacy-based intervention in Serbia. The Pharmaceutical Chamber of Serbia ("Chamber") invited pharmacists to deliver post-COVID patient care counselling, supported by the SMART Pharmacist Program, offering education and guidance. Present symptoms, duration and patient self-reported severity of symptoms on a scale of 1-5 on the first visit were recorded. After the counselling and proposed self-medication treatment, the time of the follow-up visit and the severity of the recorded symptoms were also recorded. The prospective data collection lasted from December 2021 to September 2022. In total, 871 patients with post-COVID symptoms were included in the study, served by

SUBMITTER: Sipetic T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10037608 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature