1Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas y Recursos Humanos, Jr. Las Calandrias Nº 151, Santa Anita-Lima 43, Lima, Perú
2Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Facultad de Farmacia, Av. Juan Pablo II S/N; Ciudad Universitaria. Trujillo-Perú
*Corresponding author: Aldo Alvarez-Risco Msc, Mg, Pharm, Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas y Recursos Humanos, Lima, Perú, Email: aldoalvarezrisco@gmail.com, aalvarezr@usmp.pe, Phone: + 51 991982928
Online published on 4 July, 2016.
To evaluate the impact of pharmaceutical care service in hypertensive patients in a Peruvian hospital, detecting and solving drug related problems (DRP) using Dáder method.
This prospective, quasi experimental, quali-quantitative study was focused in detection and solving drug related problems (DRP) and measuring outcomes of pharmaceutical care interventions in 94 patients from July 2010 to June 2011.
It was detected 139 DRP (1.47 DRP per patient). In the 139, 68 (48.9%) were of necessity, 50 (35.9%) were effective and 21 (15.2%) security. 92 (66.19%) of pharmacist interventions were accepted. Between interventions accepted, 72 (78.26%) contributed to solving DRP. Between interventions not accepted, 33 (70.21%) continued not solved.
The results show the importance and usefulness of pharmaceutical care service for hypertensive patients attended ambulatory in a Peruvian Hospital.
drug related problem (DRP), pharmaceutical care, hypertension patients
