Outcomes of Pharmacist Counseling with Multimedia in Adult Asthmatic Patients

Abstract

Introduction: Asthma is an airway diseases characterized by respiratory condition that tightens the airways. Asthma is a major public health problem in both developed and developing countries. There is much evidence to suggest that drug counseling may improve patient outcomes. Objective: This study was to develop a multimedia program for pharmacist in asthma counseling compared with conventional pharmacy counseling and evaluate patients’ satisfaction to the program. Method: This study was quasi-experimental. Sixty asthma patients were included the study and also the thirty patients were simple randomized into equal two groups. The outcomes were knowledge about asthma, self management, proper use of an inhaler device and also satisfaction. Patient knowledge was evaluated by knowledge test. The proper use of an inhaler device was evaluated check list form by pharmacist and satisfaction was evaluated by questionnaire. Results: Knowledge about asthma and self management of the experimental group were significantly higher than the control group (p < 0.05). The proper use of Metered Dose Inhaler (MDI)device post test was significantly greater than pre test (p < 0.05). However, there were no statistically significant differences in the proper use of Accuhaler device (p > 0.05). Overall, the most of patients satisfied pharmacist counseling and also attitudes to the multimedia program counseling were favorable. The study showed that the multimedia counseling demonstrated positive knowledge and enhanced proper use of an inhaler device and can be used as a valuable resource in the pharmacist counseling.