Knowledge, attitude and practice outcomes: An effect of pharmacist provided counseling in hypertensive patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Western Nepal

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2 A, 2010, Pages 583-588

  Sushmita, Sharma ^a   Aarati, Khanal ^a   Bharat, Poudel ^a   Roshani, Sharma ^a   Sunil, Srivastav ^a   Kalpana, Parajuli ^a   Kumar, Upadhyay Dinesh ^b  

^a POKHARA UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b MANIPAL TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Counseling; Hypertension; Intervention; KAP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVENTION STUDY; KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79952852988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09754725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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