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Impact of patient counselling in improving knowledge, attitude, practice and health related quality of life in copd patients
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VINOD K MATHEW, M.S.KRISHNAMURTHY, TEENA NAZEEM, VYSAKH C K , CHRISTY SUSAN MATHEWS, LARA LALRINCHHANI RENTHLEI
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Objective: The objectives were to assess the baseline KAP and HRQoL among COPD patients, to provide
educational/patient counseling interventions to study population and to understand the impact of patient
counseling provided by pharmacists to improve KAP and HRQoL in COPD patients.
Methods: Educational Interventional Study was carried in the department of General Medicine in MVJ Medical
College and Research Hospital and Hoskote Taluk, Bangalore. The medical records of the patients were screened
and assessed for the patients who met the inclusion criteria. Patient-centered pharmacist counseling was done for
all patients using various counseling aids and was reviewed after 2 months for follow-up purpose. The impact of
pharmacist’s counseling in improving the KAP and HRQoL was determined by comparing the baseline and follow
up data.
Results: 100 patients were included in the study. After patient counseling, it was observed that there was a
significant improvement in certain domains of KAP and HRQoL from the baseline scores.
Conclusion: Pharmacist assisted patient counseling had a notable impact on improving KAP and HRQoL in COPD
patients. However, a more comprehensive approach should be adopted that addresses solutions for better patient
education on smoking cessation, counseling the patient’s family members, providing special care for geriatric
patients.
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COPD, Patient counselling, KAP, HRQoL
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