Impact of pharmaceutical care on the quality of life of patients with Chagas disease and heart failure: randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pharmaceutical care is the direct interaction between pharmacist and patient, in order to improve therapeutic compliance, promote adequate pharmacotherapeutic follow-up, and improve quality of life. Pharmaceutical care may be effective in reducing complications and in improving the quality of life of patients with chronic diseases, like Chagas heart disease, while bringing a positive impact on health system costs. The morbidity and mortality indexes for patients with Chagas heart disease are high, especially if this heart disease is complicated by heart failure. In this setting, we hypothesize that pharmaceutical care might be an important tool for the clinical management of these patients by improving their quality of life, as a better compliance to their treatment and

SUBMITTER: Sperandio da Silva GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3543334 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature