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• TITLE: Asthma Patient Care: The Pharmacist’s Perspective

  AUTHORS: Rana Rasheed Farrag, Mamdouh Ahmed Zaki, Taher El-Naggar, Manal El-Hamamsy

  KEYWORDS: Asthma Control Questionnaire, Asthma Action Plan, Patient Education, Adherence, Inhalation Technique

  JOURNAL NAME: Pharmacology & Pharmacy, Vol.5 No.6, June 10, 2014

  ABSTRACT: Aim of the Study: To compare effect of asthma care by pharmacist intervention versus routine care on asthma control. Patients and Methods: A 2-month randomised, controlled trial was conducted in outpatient clinics of Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt. Patients were randomly assigned to receive routine care or a pre-defined pharmacist intervention. This intervention was mainly focused on patient education, improving inhalation technique and medication assessment. Primary outcome was the level of asthma control, as assessed by the Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ). Results: By the end of the study, intervention patients who received a written action plan significantly improved their ACQ results than routine care group who did not receive a plan (p