ABSTRACT:
One of the main management techniques for treating or stopping the progression of many chronic diseases is patient education. The most effective tools for patients with chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension (HTN), asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and rheumatoid arthritis are patient information pamphlets. The patients' incorrect medication has been linked in large part to a lack of information. Therefore, patients must correctly understand their treatment to comply with the medication. It is prospective observational study carried out at Apollo hospital. Patients were selected based in inclusion and exclusion criteria, selected patients were randomly divided into control and case groups. Patients in case group were counseled by clinical pharmacist and given the instruction about disease and other instruction of medications, while in patients of control group were followed the instruction given by physician. Follow-up was held and patient was assessed based on the knowledge. The scores were evaluated and statistically analysed. It was found that patients counseling by clinical pharmacist knew more about their medications as compared to control group patients. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure and fasting plasma blood glucose were significantly lower in the case group. Our study confirms that due to patients counseling by clinical pharmacist improved the knowledge of disease, medication and also increases quality of life which helps in patient’s outcomes.