2021 Volume 36 Issue 1 Pages 11-24
Objectives
The Department of Pharmacy at the National Center for Global Health and Medicine and the Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association planned and carried out a training project for the proper use of medications at Bach Mai Hospital (BMH), a hospital that plays a central role in Vietnam.
The training was conducted for clinical pharmacists at BMH, and the goal of the training was to develop group guidance for the patients on their proper use of medications, and to create a medication support tool for patients.
In order to clarify the current challenges and provide proper information of the medications by the BMH pharmacists, two questionnaire surveys were conducted to patients who received the patient group guidance by the BMH pharmacists and those who used the medication support tool.
Methods
Questionnaire surveys were conducted on patients with diabetic mellitus admitted to BMH and who met the following conditions.
①Patients who received group guidance for diabetic patients by clinical pharmacists.
②Patients who were provided with medication support tools and used the tools
Results
Results of questionnaire surveys revealed that the patients understood anti-diabetic medications well and the knowledge of hypoglycemia had improved after pharmacists’ intervention. The guidance by clinical pharmacists was very satisfactory for the patients. More than 80% of the patients who were provided with medication support tools answered that they understood well the messages on tools.
Conclusions
The patient group guidance provided by BMH pharmacists who received training in Japan, improved patients’ level of understanding in medications. In addition, the medication support tool was easy to understand for Vietnamese patients. From the perspective of promoting the proper use of medications, it is necessary to build sustainable information providing system.
