Pharmacist intervention for glycaemic control in the community (the RxING study).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the effect of a community pharmacist prescribing intervention on glycaemic control in patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes.

Design

Pragmatic, before-after design.

Setting

12 community pharmacies in Alberta, Canada.

Participants

Type 2 diabetes receiving oral hypoglycaemic medications and with glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) of 7.5-11%.

Intervention

Pharmacists systematically identified potential candidates by inviting patients with type 2 diabetes to test their HbA1c using validated point-of-care technology. Pharmacists prescribed 10 units of insulin glargine at bedtime, adjusted by increments of 1 unit daily to achieve a morning fasting glucose of ≤5.5 mmol/L. The patients were followed up at 2, 4, 8, 14, 20 and 26 weeks.<

SUBMITTER: Al Hamarneh YN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3787489 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature