A cross sectional study on beliefs and roles of community pharmacy professionals in preventing and managing metabolic syndrome in an Ethiopian setting.
Sewunet Admasu BelachewNiguse Yigzaw MulunehDaniel Asfaw ErkuAdeladlew Kassie NeterePublished in: PloS one (2020)
The study concluded that the overall involvement of professionals in counseling patients, opinion about metabolic syndrome, and perception towards the effectiveness of the intervention was found to be more or less positive. However, the provision of services, such as monitoring therapy, selling equipment for home blood pressure and glucose monitoring and documenting patient care services needs to be encouraged. Given proper education and training, the current study hope that community pharmacists could be an important front-line contributors to contain this emerging epidemic in Gondar town as well as in the entire nation.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- metabolic syndrome
- mental health
- blood pressure
- randomized controlled trial
- end stage renal disease
- primary care
- south africa
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- physical activity
- cardiovascular disease
- stem cells
- heart rate
- uric acid
- skeletal muscle
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes
- smoking cessation
- health insurance
- blood glucose
- cardiovascular risk factors
- men who have sex with men
- replacement therapy
- glycemic control