A study of the effects of pharmaceutical care on the control of asthma in outpatients Don Tum Hospital, Nakhon Pathom Province

Abstract

This study was action research aimed to effect of pharmaceutical care in asthmatic
patients treated in Don Tum Hospital. It analyzes the type and frequency of drug problems
found in patients. Evaluate the use of the inhaler. And to study the outcomes of asthma. symptoms of patients by comparing the results before and after the pharmacy care operation.
Sample size were 85 patients who were diagnosed by a doctor as having asthma and were
admitted to Don Tum Hospital, Don Tum District, Nakhon Pathom Province during the year 2017
– 2019. Data were collected from OPD Card Asthma Clinic, medication record form Form for
recording problems of drug use and counseling for specific patients and the inhaler technique
evaluation form (MDI, DPI) of Don Tum Hospital. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics
such as frequency distribution, percentage, arithmetic mean (x̄) and standard deviation (S.D.),
and qualitative data analysis was content analysis.
The results showed that patients had better clinical outcomes based on information on
admissions for acute asthma attacks during the first and second year of operation compared to
the one year prior to the start of work as follows: 1) There was a 70.97% reduction in the
number of patients admitted to the emergency room with acute severe asthma. 2) 75%
reduction in the number of patients admitted to the emergency room with acute severe
asthma. 3) Patients admitted to the emergency room with repeated acute asthma attacks within
48 hours decreased by 78.95%.
4) Patients admitted to the emergency room with repeated acute asthma attacks within 48
hours, a decrease of 73.33 percent. 5) 88.68% decrease in patients admitted to hospitals with
acute asthma attacks 6) 85.14% decrease in patients admitted to hospitals with acute severe
asthma.