| Study type/ Setting | Methods | Outcomes | Recommendations | Source |
| Cross sectional interventional study
Setting: Community
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- The study was conducted to identify, prevent and resolve potential medication-related problems, optimize pharmacotherapy and
assist in achieving better health outcomes for patients at home through Home Medicines Review (HMR) - HMR is a patient-focused, meticulous and collaborative health care service provided by pharmacists in the community setting. - Study was conducted for a period of 6 months in 85 patients where discrepancies of the prescriptions, knowledge gap of the patients, use of other medication and storage conditions of medicines were evaluated |
- The patient had a lack of knowledge in factors like the name of the drug (34%), the reason for taking the medication (27%), etc.
- Drug interaction was a primary concern main discrepancy found in majority of the prescriptions. - Around 32% of the population experienced ADR on taking the medication and among the patients interviewed, 64% of them didn’t use any OTC drugs along with prescribed drugs. - Around 60 of the interviewed patients stored multiple drugs in a same container and 52 of the patient’s medicines had illegible labels. |
- Qualified pharmacists can play a major role in improving the appropriateness of prescribing, preventing medication related adverse events. | Chandrasekhar D et al. (2019)
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| Chandrasekhar D, Joseph E, Ghaffoor FA, Thomas HM. Role of pharmacist led home medication review in community setting and the preparation of medication list. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. 2019;7(1):66-70. doi:10.1016/j.cegh.2018.01.002 |
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