Effectiveness of patient-oriented education and medication management intervention in people with decompensated cirrhosis

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Hayward, KL
Valery, PC
Patel, PJ
Horsfall, LU
Wright, PL
Tallis, CJ
Stuart, KA
David, M
Irvine, KM
Cottrell, WN
Martin, JH
Powell, EE
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2020
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People with chronic disease often have poor comprehension of their disease and medications, which can negatively affect health outcomes. In a randomised-controlled trial, we found that patients with decompensated cirrhosis who received a pharmacist-led, patient-oriented education and medication management intervention (n = 57) had greater knowledge of cirrhosis and key self-care tasks compared with usual care (n = 59). Intervention patients also experienced improved quality of life. Dedicated resources are needed to support implementation of evidence-based measures at local centres to improve outcomes.People with chronic disease often have poor comprehension of their disease and medications, which can negatively affect health outcomes. In a randomised-controlled trial, we found that patients with decompensated cirrhosis who received a pharmacist-led, patient-oriented education and medication management intervention (n = 57) had greater knowledge of cirrhosis and key self-care tasks compared with usual care (n = 59). Intervention patients also experienced improved quality of life. Dedicated resources are needed to support implementation of evidence-based measures at local centres to improve outcomes.
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Journal Title
Internal Medicine Journal
Volume
50
Issue
9
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© 2020 The Authors. Internal Medicine Journal published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Royal Australasian College of Physicians. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium,provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
Clinical sciences
Health services and systems
Public health