02659nas a2200205 4500008004100000245010000041210006900141260001700210300001000227490000600237520203800243653002502281653001302306653001102319653002402330653001302354100001802367700001902385856004902404 2020 eng d00aImpact of Structured Diabetes Pharmaceutical Care Training on Practices of Community Pharmacist0 aImpact of Structured Diabetes Pharmaceutical Care Training on Pr cJanuary 2021 a46-520 v63 a

Objectives: The diabetes epidemic in India has placed it in the second position in having the largest number (77 million) of adults with diabetes, worldwide. Diabetes is a chronic progressive disease that can be effectively controlled by medication adherence, monitoring and managing well on regular basis. A well-trained pharmacist can help the patients to achieve good glycaemic control by providing them pharmaceutical care. This study aims to evaluate the effect of tailored diabetes pharmaceutical-care training on the practices of pharmacists and the subsequent impact on patients’ clinical outcomes. Methods: A prospective interventional quantitative study was conducted to assess the impact on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) levels of community pharmacists after providing diabetes pharmaceutical care training. The selected trained pharmacists enrolled type-2 diabetes patients to assess the practice component further, by observing patients’ outcomes in terms of knowledge, attitude, practices along with clinical outcomes in terms of glycemic control, post pharmaceutical care provision. A descriptive analysis and statistical evaluation, using SPSS Version 21. Key Findings: Significantly improved outcomes were observed across all the pharmacist participants in terms of KAP levels, from baseline to post-interventional training (p<0.0001). Also, a considerable impact on patients' knowledge, awareness, practices and clinical outcomes was noted in the intervention group. Clinically there was a significant reduction in fasting blood glucose levels, postprandial blood glucose levels, HbA1c and control in systolic and diastolic blood pressure (p<0.05) was also observed. Conclusion: Community pharmacists who had completed structured training in diabetes care could practice pharmaceutical- care well and help patients with type-2 diabetes in achieving good glycemic control.

10aCommunity pharmacist10aDiabetes10aImpact10aPharmaceutical care10aTraining1 aPawar, Sunita1 aPawar, Atmaram uhttps://www.jppcm.org/article/2020/6/4/46-52