Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Health-Related Quality of Life after Ischemic Stroke: The Impact of Pharmaceutical Interventions on Drug Therapy (Pharmaceutical Care Concept) | Hohmann et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8 59 http content 8 1 59 I HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES RESEARCH Open Access Health-Related Quality of Life after Ischemic Stroke The Impact of Pharmaceutical Interventions on Drug Therapy Pharmaceutical Care Concept Carina Hohmann 1 2 Roland Radziwill2 Juergen M Klotz1 and Andreas H Jacobs3 Abstract Background Health-related quality of life HRQoL after stroke is an important healthcare measure. Pharmaceutical Care PC is an evolving concept to optimize drug-therapy minimize drug-related problems and improve HRQoL of patients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of PC on HRQoL as determined by Short Form 36 SF-36 among patients after TIA or ischemic stroke one-year following their initial entry in hospital. Methods Patients were assigned to either an intervention IG or a control group CG . The individual assignment of the patient to IG or CG depended on the community pharmacy to which the patients were assigned for care. Community pharmacies either delivered standard care CG or provided intensified PC IG . Pharmacists who are members of the Quality Assurance Working Group QAWG provided PC for patients in IG. Results 255 patients were recruited IG n 90 CG n 165 between 06 2004 to 01 2007. During the study the HRQoL of the patients in IG did not change significantly. In the CG a significant decrease in the HRQoL was observed in 7 8 subscales and in both summary measures of SF-36. Conclusions This is the first follow-up study in Germany involving a major community hospital rehabilitation hospitals community pharmacies and general practitioners investigating the impact of PC on HRQoL of patients after ischemic stroke. Our findings indicate that an intensified education and care of patients after ischemic stroke by dedicated pharmacists based on a concept of PC may maintain the HRQoL of IG patients. Background Stroke is one of the leading causes of death in Europe and the major .
