Effectiveness of pharmacist-led educational interventions on self-care activities and glycemic control of type 2 diabetes patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effectiveness of pharmacist-led educational interventions on self-care activities and glycemic control of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients is vague. The purpose of this review is to appraise the effect of pharmacist-led educational interventions on self-care activities and levels of glycated hemoglobin of T2DM patients.

Methods

Five electronic databases were searched from date of database inception to September 2017. Randomized clinical trials examining the effectiveness of pharmacist-led educational interventions, directed at T2DM patients only, were included for systematic review and meta-analysis. The protocol is available with PROSPERO (CRD42017078854).

Results

Eleven studies, involving n=1,544 T2DM patients, were included in this systematic rev

SUBMITTER: Bukhsh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6254657 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature