Abstract

IMPACT OF CLINICAL PHARMACIST EDUCATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF POST MENOPAUSAL HEALTH

Lavanya S* and Jeevana Jyothi B.

ABSTRACT

This study aimed to assess the impact of clinical pharmacist education in the management of post menopausal health. A prospective, observational study was conducted for a period of 6 months from January to June 2017 in a tertiary care hospital. Data was collected from post menopausal women at age of 45 to 60 years using menopausal health questionnaire and menopausal rating scale (MRS). A total of 254 postmenopausal women were enrolled for the study. The mean age was found to be 54.42 ± 4.04. To assess the impact of pharmacist education, exercise practice, stress handling capacity, menopausal knowledge and view of menopause was targeted. On intervention by a clinical pharmacist, participated women learned to do exercise daily from 44 (17.3%) to 103 (40.6%). Participated women got very good knowledge regarding menopause from 38(15.0%) to 157 (61.81%), learned to handle stress very well from 88 (34.6%) to 131 (51.6%) changed their view towards menopause from 105 (41.3%) to 188 (74.0%). Clinical pharmacist’s education achieved significant reduction in blood pressure, emphasized the need of exercise practice, thought effective methods to handle stress, improved knowledge and changed the view towards menopause.

Keywords: Clinical pharmacist, Exercise, Knowledge, Education.