Community Pharmacist Services for Hypertensive Patients: A Novel Practice in Shanghai, China.

ABSTRACT: For Chinese community pharmacists, there is a lack of guidance before and after the drug treatment process for community residents. This study aimed to investigate community pharmacists' role in hypertension management. One hundred ninety-six hypertensive patients were randomly selected from the studied community. For patients in the intervention group, monthly meetings were scheduled with a community pharmacist. Patients in the non-intervention group received standard care from their physicians. In the intervention group, the percentage using information from pharmacists increased significantly, from 54.3% to 94.2% (P < .05). Awareness of self-management was also enhanced, with community self-management group attendance increasing from 53.4% to 77.7% (P < .05), but the non-i

SUBMITTER: Liu Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8182196 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature