Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis Hemodialysis, Pharmacist-led intervention, Medication adherence, Quality of life, pharmaceutical care.
Conditions
Interventions
Participants in the intervention group were exposed to a structured and pharmacist-led intervention program that was implemented using mHealth on WhatsApp. There was personalized education on medicati
Experimental Other
PharmacistLed Intervention
Sponsors
FARMAN ULLAH KHAN
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1-Inclusion criteria for study participants were adult patients aged 18 years or older 2- currently undergoing hemodialysis at least twice weekly 3- possessing a mobile phone 4- willing to participate by providing informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1- Exclusion criteria included patients who refused to sign the informed consent 2- did not have access to a mobile phone 3- were paralyzed 4- were already participating in another study 5- were non-Pakistani residents.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Medication adherence Baseline at o month, 2 month and 4 month General Medication Adherence Scale,Pre-dialysis and post dialysis blood pressure 0 month 2 month and 4 month sphygmomanomete | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| serum hemoglobin 0 2 AND 4 months Laboratory test Complete Blood Picture,serum Creatinine, urea, sodium, potassium, calcium, phosphate, chloride, Alanine aminotransferase, Alkaline phosphatase and Random blood glucose 0 2 and 4 months BLOOD tests | — |
Countries
Pakistan
Contacts
Public ContactBilal Haider
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Islamabad
Outcome results
None listed