Assessment Of A Pharmacist Initiated Health Education Programme For Improving Hepatitis-B Patients' Disease State Knowledge And Health Related Quality Of Life In Quetta City, Pakistan
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Date
2013-10
Authors
Noman Ul Haq
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
The roles and responsibilities of the pharmacists in the developed world have
evolved historically from a focus on medicines compounding and dispensing to
extended pharmaceutical care services. However, in developing countries
pharmacists are not fully engaged in the patient centred roles. They are still
struggling to be recognised as an integral part of healthcare system. Similarly, in
Pakistan, pharmacists are only responsible for compounding and supplying
medicines, and their clinical roles have yet to be developed. In order to justify the
clinical role of pharmacist in developing countries it is necessary to bring up the
evidences on the impact of pharmacist as health educator in the existing healthcare
setting. Therefore, the aim of this research was to evaluate the impact of a pharmacist
initiated health education programme for improving hepatitis-B (HB) patients'
disease state knowledge and health related quality of life in Quetta city, Pakistan.
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Hepatitis-B , Quality Of Life