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The objective of this study was to determine the result derived from prescribed drug related problem (DRPs) solving among elderly diabetic patients being observed by home visits carried out by a pharmacist. The design being used for this study was a one-group pretest-posttest experimental study and it was applied to 21 elderly diabetic patients. The results showed that nineteen DRPs were found with 11 patients during the first home visit. Number of DRPs gradually decreased during the second and third home visits. The most common DRPs found were related to the failure to receive medication (42.10%). Mean numbers of DRPs per patient in each pair of home visit were also compared by paired t-test. It was found that mean numbers of DRPs per patient were statistically significant for the first (mean = 0.90± 1.04) and second home visits (mean = 0.33± 0.48). However, they were not significantly found between the first and third visits and also between second and third visits. Therefore, home visits by a pharmacist provided high beneficial effect in elderly diabetic patients.
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The purpose of this research was to evaluate the first year pharmacy students’ emotional quotient (EQ) at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahasarakham University in academic year 2007. The samples were 196 pharmacy students, 36 male and 160 female, obtained through the purposive sampling method. The emotional quotient questionnaires developed by the Department of Mental Health, Ministry of Public Health were used for data collection. Statistical methods used in data analysis of this study were percentage, mean and standard deviation. The results of this research showed that 1) The total emotional quotient score was higher than normal range of standard score of Department of Mental Health. 2) The emotional quotient scores of all pharmacy students at the normal range were sympathy, responsibility, motivation, decision and problem solving, relationship, self-dignity, life-satisfaction and tranquil mind. 3) The emotional quotient score of all pharmacy students at a higher than normal range was self-controlling.
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a major health problem of the elderly in Thailand. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of pharmaceutical care in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in Kamriang primary care unit (PCU), Maha Sarakham province. A one group pretest-posttest design study was conducted to compare knowledge and health behavior, fasting blood sugar level and the numbers of drug related problems (DRPs) before and after the provision of pharmaceutical care (e.g. DM education, self-care management) by a PharmD student. The data was collected by interviewing 30 elderly volunteers, who were included by a simple random sampling technique between 5th January and 28th February, 2008. The results showed that the participants were 8 men and 22 women with mean±SD age of 67.20±5.52 and a 1-5 year history of diabetes mellitus. After receiving interventions, patients had significantly increased knowledge (p \< 0.01) and self-care management scores (p=0.02). Patients’ fasting blood glucose levels showed a significantly decrease (p \< 0.01). In terms of drug related problems, these decreased from 8 to 5 after the intervention. In conclusion, this study demonstrated the effectiveness of pharmaceutical care on the improvement of knowledge, behavior, and blood sugar level in DM patients particularly the elderly.