Pharmacist’s Intervention in the Control of Blood Sugar Levels in Randomised Diabetes Patients at a Primary Health Care Setting in Benin City

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dc.contributor.authorBello, Shakirat I.
dc.contributor.authorGaniyu, Kehinde A.
dc.contributor.authorDakop, Y. O.
dc.contributor.authorErah, Patrick O.
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-07T12:30:48Z
dc.date.available2018-12-07T12:30:48Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractBackground: The extended roles of pharmacists in Nigeria in the improvement of quality of health care at the primary health care (PHC) level is currently poorly executed even though pharmacists have been proven to be involved in interventional activities in health care delivery. Objective: To evaluate pharmacists' intervention in the control of blood sugar levels of diabetes patients in a PHC setting in Benin City, Nigeria. Methods: At baseline, the fasting blood sugar (FBS), glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure (BP) of randomly selected 170 diabetic patients in a primary health care centre were evaluated. This was followed-up with intervention by the pharmacists through counselling on lifestyle modification, selfmedication and drug adherence on monthly basis for three consecutive months after which the FBS, HbA1c, BMI and BP were re-evaluated. Results: indicated significant reduction in BMI, HbAlc and FBS from 27.1±4.2 kg/m2, 8.1±3.0% and 10.0±4.2 mmol/l to 23.5±3.5 kg/m2, 7.1±1.8% and 8.5±2.1 mmol/l, respectively (p<0.001) was observed following the intervention by the pharmacists. Conclusion: Direct involvement of pharmacists in the care of diabetic patients in PHC settings can significantly improve the quality of life provided to these patients and hence reduce mortality resulting from the disease. Recruitment of reasonable number of pharmacists should always be considered in health policies for PHC settings in developing countries.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSELFen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1371
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCollege of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria.en_US
dc.subjectDiabetes mellitusen_US
dc.subjectprimary health careen_US
dc.subjectblood sugar levelsen_US
dc.subjectpharmacist interventionen_US
dc.titlePharmacist’s Intervention in the Control of Blood Sugar Levels in Randomised Diabetes Patients at a Primary Health Care Setting in Benin Cityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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