A Study on the Impact of Pharmaceutical Care on the Management of Diabetes Mellitus During Pregnancy

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The aim of the study was to assess the impact of pharmaceutical care on the management of diabetes mellitus during pregnancy.A prospective observational study was carried out for six months at a hospital in Palakkad. The study assesses pregnant women's medication adherence and health-related quality of life. Patients were randomly allocated to the study population, and data were entered in a self-design data collection form. The collected cases were entered in MS Excel 2019 and calculated percentage of various parameters by descriptive statistics.The study included a total of 60 participants, with an age range ranging from 18 to 45. GDM is more prevalent between the age group of 25-31 years. Among 60 subjects an increase in medication adherence observed with their value from5.72±1.03 to 6.40±0.89 during their initial and follow up visits (p<0.0001) respectively. The EQ-5D-5L mean (SD) index showed significantly lower quality of life during the baseline visit (0.529 ± 0.03) and higher quality of life during the follow-up visits (0.826 ± 0.297) with (p<0.0001), suggesting the importance of clinical pharmacist activities making positive impact on medication adherence and quality life of pregnant women with diabetes.