Influence of pharmacist intervention on patients′knowledge of anticoagulation therapy with warfarin
10.13699/j.cnki.1001-6821.2015.13.030
- VernacularTitle:药师干预对华法林抗凝患者治疗认知度的影响研究
- Author:
Jie JIANG
1
;
Qiu-Fen XIE
;
Qian XIANG
;
Zi-Ning WANG
;
Dong-Bo HUO
;
Li-Jia CAO
;
Shuang ZHOU
;
Ying ZHOU
;
Yi-Min CUI
Author Information
1. 北京大学第一医院
- Keywords:
pharmacist intervention;
warfarin;
knowledge;
clinical pharmacy
- From:
The Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
2015;(13):1315-1317
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
;Objective To investigate the influence of pharmacist inter-vention on patients′knowledge of anticoagulation therapy with warfarin . Methods Two hundred sixteen patients who were admitted to cardiovas-cular wards and were prescribed anticoagulation therapy with warfarin from October 2013 to August 2014 were included in the study .According to the ward they stayed , patients were divided into control group ( Cardiology ward No1.) and intervention group ( Cardiology ward No 2.) . In the control group , physicians and nurses introduced anticoagulation knowledge for the patients as usual , while intervention group received medication education and guidance on warfarin use by pharmacists .All patients of two groups filled out an assessment questionnaire about warfa-rin anticoagulation at discharge ( outpoint =13 ) .If any answer to the questions was wrong , pharmacists would educate them again .The score of the questionnaire were compared between the two groups . Results The intervention group enrolled 112 patients while the control group enrolled 104 patients. Scores of assessment questionnaire at discharge of the intervention group and the control group were (10.50 ±2.24) vs (8.08 ±2.61) respectively,with statistical difference ( P <0.05 ) .Conclusion Knowledge of warfarin therapy was much better in patients who received pharmacist intervention than patients who received usual care . Integrated management model with pharmacist interventions can improve patients′cognition in anticoagulation therapy with warfarin .
