Study on pharmaceutical care model for drug-related problems in elderly patients based on comprehensive medication management review / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To explore the pharmaceutical care model for elderly patients with drug-related problems （DRPs） based on the comprehensive medication management review （CMMR）， and to observe the effect of pharmaceutical care under the model. METHODS The pharmaceutical care new model for elderly patients was established by concerning CMMR guidelines in Australia. In other words， clinical pharmacists receive medical care through referral by health practitioners and active consultation by patients or their caregivers. Visits were made by a combination of face-to-face and telephone interviews. Follow-up was carried out in the form of outpatient follow-up， telephone follow-up， appointment， and home guidance to know about the treatment of DRPs by healthcare practitioners or patients.Under this model， the occurrence status and classification of DRPs in elderly patients were studied through cross-sectional investigation. The effect of pharmaceutical care was evaluated from the aspects of hospitalization rate， adverse drug reaction （ADR） incidence，medication compliance， the number of medications， blood lipid level， etc.， through self-before-after comparison. RESULTS In this study， a patient-centered， evaluation-intervention-reevaluation closed-loop pharmaceutical care model was formed. Among 317 study subjects， the average number of DRPs was 1.03 （0-7） cases. Compared before and after the intervention， the number of drug types increased from 2.00（0.00，3.00） to 2.00（1.00，3.00）， but the level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterin in patients decreased from 3.48 （2.58， 4.29） mmol/L to 3.11 （2.29，3.81） mmol/L （P＜0.05）. There was no statistical significance in hospitalization rate， ADR incidence within or medication compliance. CONCLUSIONS CMMR-based pharmaceutical care model can effectively identify and manage the patients’ DRPs and reduce the level of blood lipid.