A CLINICAL STUDY ON THE THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT OF CORONORY ARTERY DISEASE AND TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF PATIENT COUNSELING BY CLINICAL PHARMACIST

摘要

Coronary artery disease is a process affecting the walls of the arteries of the heart result in an obstruction to the flow of blood through these vessels. The aim of study is to educate and council the patient about the disease, medication, importance of medication adherence and life style modification and to assess the patient knowledge with the help of knowledge assessment questionnaire (KAQ) about the disease. This study is an observational, descriptive study consisting of 75 patients with coronary artery disease, A total of 75 patients were enrolled in the present study during the study period. Out of that 51(68%) were males and 24(32%) were females. The values show that 70.6% were having normal blood cholesterol levels and 29.4% were having abnormal blood cholesterol levels. KAQ was administered before and after intervention. Out of 11 questions 7 showed significant improvement. It shows that the mean knowledge score increased from 4.56 to 7.54 in study group after the intervention (i.e. counseling by the clinical pharmacist).