IMPACT OF COUNSELING ON IMPROVING ADHERENCE TO DYSLIPIDEMIA PATIENT
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https://doi.org/10.22159/ajpcr.2018.v11s1.26556Keywords:
Dyslipidemia, Counseling, Adherence, Morisky medication adherence scale-8Abstract
 Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the impact of counseling on adherence of dyslipidemia outpatients to the prescribed medications in An-Nisa Hospital Tangerang period July 2016–November 2016.
Methods: This prospective a quasi-experimental design with pre- and post-test design was done to analyze the impact of counseling in An-Nisa Hospital Tangerang. Patients' characteristics were statistically analyzed using Chi-square. The patient adherence toward therapy was analyzed using Morisky Medication adherence scale-8.
Results: The present study indicated that most of the patients (70%) were females with ages: ˃50.70%; ≤50.30%. The counseling significantly affected the adherence level on dyslipidemia patients, p<0.001.
Conclusion: This research proved that counseling had a positive impact on the patients' adherence.
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Palaian S, Prabhu M, Shankar PR. Patient counseling by pharmacist-a focus on chronic illness. Pak J Pharm Sci 2006;19:65-72.
Grundy S, Cleeman J, Merz C, Brewer HB Jr., Clark LT, Hunninghake DB, et al. Implications of recent clinical trials for the national cholesterol education program adult treatment panel III guidelines. Circulation 2004;110:227-39.
Yeaw J, Benner JS, Walt JG, Sian S, Smith DB. Comparing adherence and persistence across 6 chronic medication classes. J Manag Care Pharm 2009;15:728-40.
Polychronopoulos E, Panagiotakos DB, dan Polystipioti A. Diet, lifestyle factors and hypercholesterolemia in elderly men and women from cyprus. Lipids Health Disease 2005;4:17.
Hussain A, Ibrahim MI, Baber ZU. Using the potentials of community pharmacies to promote rational drug use in Pakistan: An opportunity exists or lost? J Pak Med Assoc 2012;62:1217-22.
Taitel M, Jiang J, Rudkin K, Ewing S, Duncan I. The impact of pharmacist face-to-face counseling to improve medication adherence among patients initiating statin therapy. Patient Prefer Adherence 2012;6:323-9.
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