Drug therapy problem among patients with cardiovascular diseases in felege hiwot referral hospital, north east, Bahir dar Ethiopia

Abstract

The identification of drug therapy problems is the focus of the assessment and the last decision made in that step of the patient care process. Although drug therapy problem identification is technically part of the assessment process, it represents the truly unique contribution made by pharmaceutical care practitioners. It is also a common scenario in chronic non communicable diseases, like cardiovascular diseases. The objective of the research is to characterize the prevalence of drug therapy problems among hospitalized patients with cardiovascular diseases in Felege Hiwot Referral hospital. Hospital based general cohort study design was used. All admitted patients with cardiovascular disease/s, in Felege Hiwot Referral hospital were included. Pharmacists in collaboration with a nurse were involved in collecting the data. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. Descriptive analysis was used. The most common cardiovascular disease encountered were hypertensive heart disease (26, 32.9%), rheumatic heart disease (24, 31.6%) and, functional heart failure and cor pulmonalae (14, 18.4%). A total of 105 number of DTPs were identified with the mean number of DTP was 1.38 + 0.8. Most of the patients had drug therapy problem, of which indication related problems constituted the highest part.