A5007094063- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions
- Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- Pharmaceutical studies and practices
- Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects
- Potassium and Related Disorders
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions
- Herbal Medicine Research Studies
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
SingHealth Polyclinics
2011-2024
SingHealth
2011
Introduction: Medication review by pharmacists can be an important educational intervention to improve adherence rates as it potentially address many of its barriers. may also directly the patient's knowledge and understanding his or her drug regimen. This study aims assess effectiveness medication a their chronic medications. Methods: Two hundred forty patients from four polyclinics, who were referred prescribers for pharmacist-conducted review, recruited this prospective study. The in...
Chronic disease burden is expected to increase in Singapore as the population ages. Medication therapy a common and cost-effective modality manage top three chronic diseases, i.e. hypertension, hyperlipidaemia diabetes locally. However, about one-third of patients stop taking their newly prescribed medications within 10 days. This nonadherence problem associated with poor clinical outcomes substantial financial loss. study aimed determine patients’ drug information needs concerns, potential...
BACKGROUND: Individuals with diabetes mellitus (DM) may be susceptible to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) but data on NSAID-related adverse renal events is sparse. OBJECTIVE: We aimed evaluate the risk of and/or hyperkalemia after systemic NSAID among individuals DM and diabetic chronic disease (CKD). METHODS: Retrospective cohort study 3896 adults incident prescriptions between July 2015 December 2017 from Singapore General Hospital SingHealth...
Aims: It is well documented that many herbal/health supplements (collectively referred as supplements) interact with warfarin. This research aimed to study the prevalence and intake of by SingHealth Polyclinics patients on warfarin, their knowledge perception towards potential supplements-warfarin interactions. Methods: One hundred who were warfarin recruited from 4 polyclinics. Each patient was interviewed in person completed a 6-part survey. The results survey statistically analysed....
Introduction Effectiveness of Patient Education Materials (PEMs) on NSAIDs is subjected to whether the patient able read and comprehend information provided. This study assessed readability, understandability actionability English-language NSAID-related PEMs targeted at patients or caregivers in Singapore. Methods obtained from healthcare institutions Singapore two frequently used internet search engines using terms “NSAID” “non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug” were analysed by reviewers...
Traditionally, patients wishing to obtain their prescription medications have had physically go pharmacy counters and collect via face-to-face interactions with staff. Prescription in Locker Box (PILBOX) is a new innovation allowing caregivers medication asynchronously, 24/7 at convenience, from lockers instead of staff.This study aimed determine the willingness use this factors that affect willingness.This prospective cross-sectional was conducted over 2 months public primary health care...
Background Though self-care is a critical component of diabetes management, it unknown whether pharmacist-run medication review service (MRS) can be an additional intervention to enhance in diabetic patients. Objectives Hence, this study aims determine the effectiveness MRS addition existing care protocol improving Methods This randomised controlled was conducted five polyclinics from December 2014 October 2016. Participants were 40 80 years age and had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes....
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Traditionally, patients wishing to obtain their prescription medications have had physically go pharmacy counters and collect via face-to-face interactions with staff. Prescription in Locker Box (PILBOX) is a new innovation allowing caregivers medication asynchronously, 24/7 at convenience, from lockers instead of </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> This study aimed determine the willingness use this factors that affect willingness. <title>METHODS</title>...
Background Primary care staff do not provide consistent education on musculoskeletal pain management to patients in accordance with the recommendations of clinical practice guidelines. We have developed a concise online learning program bridge this gap. Objectives To investigate (1) effectiveness 1-hour neurophysiology conducted by physiotherapist primary staff; (2) correlation between demographic factors and interdisciplinary performances. Methods piloted multicenter single-blind...