Evaluation of impact of pharmaceutical care services on cardiologist adherence to hypertension Guidelines JNC 7: A critical prospect for rational use of drugs in Pakistan


 Purpose: To assess the adherence of cardiologists to JNC7 and impact pharmacists in reducing clinical inertia by managing high blood pressure cardiology out-patient department Armed Forces Institute Cardiology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
 Methods: This was a pre- post-interventional prospective study which data abstracted from patients’ history notes or prescription selected patients at baseline follow-up visits applying reliable tool. The were again same evaluate cardiologists’ with parameters after 2,4 6 months. sample size for this 116 descriptive statistics used categorical variables. For comparison cardiologist’s JNC7, means paired ‘t’ test level 0.05 significance.
 Results: At baseline, mean overall percentage 46.7 ± 18.9 %. significantly improved 98.8 6.0 % 2 months pharmacist intervening way discussions cardiologists. further 100 4 months.
 Conclusion: Improvement JNC 7 guidelines involvement enhance documentation BP goal, lifestyle modifications uncontrolled BP. All these helps overcome that ultimately leads better control rational use medicines.