Value of the clinical pharmacist interventions in the application of the American College of Cardiology (ACC/AHA) 2018 guideline for cholesterol management.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The study aims to examine the extent to which the updated ACC/AHA management of blood cholesterol guideline (2018) is implemented in practice and to assess the value of the clinical pharmacist interventions in improving physicians' adherence the guidelines recommendations.

Methods

We utilized in this study an interventional before-after design. The study was conducted on 272 adult patients who visited the study site internal medicine clinics and were candidates for statin therapy based on the 2018 ACC/AHA guidelines for cholesterol management. Adherence to guideline recommendations was measured before and after clinical pharmacists' interventions by calculating the percentage of patients receiving statin therapy as per guideline recommendation, the type and intens

SUBMITTER: AlAhmad MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10042341 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature