Syed Wasif Gillani
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Pulau Pinang
Malaysia
Research Article
Effect of Pharmacist Intervention to Self-Care Practices among Diabetes Patients
Author(s): Syed Wasif Gillani, Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman, Mirza Baig, Yelly Oktavia Sari, Siti Maisharah Sheikh Ghadzi, Sabariah Noor Haroon and Nur Hafzan Md HanafiahSyed Wasif Gillani, Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman, Mirza Baig, Yelly Oktavia Sari, Siti Maisharah Sheikh Ghadzi, Sabariah Noor Haroon and Nur Hafzan Md Hanafiah
Our study objective was to evaluate the pharmacist interventions in providing patient home care. A 24-week longitudinal quasi-experimental-pre-test/post-test study design was used to assess the effectiveness of a diabetes education program to enhance self-care practices. Since this was a longitudinal study a 25% attrition rate was included in the calculation of sample size. Hence the sample size for the proposed study was 106 subjects with 53 subjects in each group. All analyses were done using SPSS version 18®. The level of significance was set at 0.05. The Research Ethics Committee of hospital and the Malaysian Medical Research and Ethics Committee approved the study. Of the 109 subjects who met the study-entry criteria, 3 subjects declined to participate due to lack of time and interest. There was no significant relationship between the demographic and clinical characteristic o.. View More»
