| dc.description.abstract | Background: Asthma is the top ten causes of morbidity and mortality in
Indonesia. The correct use of inhalers is expected to prevent and reduce asthma
attacks. The role of the pharmacist in the application of pharmaceutical care to the
treatment of asthma has been shown to improve the clinical outcomes of asthma
patients at the pharmacy.
Objective: This study aims to determine the effect of the application of
pharmaceutical care on the appropriate use of inhalers to reduce the incidence of
DRPs, increase adherence, therapy outcomes and quality of life.
Methods: This study used a comparative experimental method with a prospective
cohort-study study design on a sample of 84 Asthma patients at the pharmacy who
met the inclusion criteria in June-August 2022. Data collection consisted of a
pretest, then continued to follow-up stages 1 and 2 with a time-spanned process. 1
week after being given the application of pharmaceutical care to the posttest stage.
Data were obtained from patients in NACA-guided inhaler use, Number of DRPs
(PCNE V9.0); Compliance Level (MARS-A10); Therapy Outcome (APE) and
Quality of Life (AQLQ). The data were then analyzed statistically using the
Wilcoxon test.
Results: The application of pharmaceutical care can increase the accuracy of the
use of MDI inhalers, DPI Turbuhaler and DPI Accuhaler. Decrease the number of
DRP events in problems (P) 95.2% and in causes (C) DRPs 100%; increased
Compliance from 2.9±0.6 to 4.6±0.3; increasing the therapeutic outcome based on
the APE value of 60.4 ± 26.2 to 91.9 ± 10.4, and improve the quality of life from
15.64 ± 0.4 to 25.29 ± 0.3 after the intervention. The results of the assessment of
these five parameters from the pre test and post test showed a significant change
(p <0.05).
Conclusion: Based on the results of the study, it was concluded that the
application of pharmaceutical care can increase the accuracy of using inhalers,
reduce the number of DRPs, increase adherence, therapy outcomes and quality of
life for asthma patients in pharmacies. | en_US |
