Impact of Clinical Pharmacy Services on Health-Related Quality of Life in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Abstract

The objective of this study is to Assess the Impact of Clinical pharmacy services on Health-related quality of life in Rheumatoid Arthritis patients. The prospective observational study was conducted in 48 Rheumatoid Arthritis patients for a period of 3 months at Vivekanandha Medical Care Hospital, Elayampalayam. During baseline, patient data were collected, quality of life was assessed by using the SF-36 Questionnaire and Patient counselling was provided by using Patient information leaflet. At the second visit the same questionnaire was administered and the responses were documented finally, the comparative score was calculated and the improvement in the quality of life was assessed. Our study results show that there is a statistically significant difference between the baseline and follow up values for various domains of SF 36 questionnaire which implies that a remarkable improvement in the quality of life was observed in the patients affected with rheumatoid arthritis after providing clinical pharmacy services. Our study concludes that clinical pharmacist mediated services have an important role in improving the patient's health related quality of life.