Impact of Pharmaceutical Care in Diabetics Patients (IPCD)

The monitoring of diabetics by the pharmacist may contribute to the effectiveness of drug treatment and to improve their quality of life. This study will measure the impact of pharmacotherapeutic follow-up in diabetic patients. This will be a clinical trial, single blind, controlled, randomized, conducted in two units of pharmacies in Brazil. Only in the intervention group will be held the pharmacotherapeutic follow using a methodology called the practice of pharmaceutical care, which identifies and resolves problems related to drugs. The primary outcome is glycated hemoglobin, and secondary outcomes are baseline glucose, total cholesterol and its fractions (for example LDL), all these measures will be made in the intervention group and control group. Patients will be followed for 24 weeks, and the outcomes will be assessed up to 24 weeks. There will be a confidence interval of 95% and a significance of p <0.05, and will use the Student t test, chi-square analysis of variance (ANOVA) and others if necessary. Expects good results and serve as a model for other researchers.

Patients will be followed by the pharmacist by Pharmacotherapeutic monitoring and dosing parameters such as glucose and glycated hemoglobin. Intervention: Pharmaceutical Care

Inclusion Criteria:Inclusion criteria: patients aged 30 years, diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, to make use of oral antidiabetic agents with or without insulin Exclusion Criteria: those who had infectious diseases during the research missed three consecutive interviews, suspended the hypoglycemic drug and medical order

Mitchell B, Armour C, Lee M, Song YJ, Stewart K, Peterson G, Hughes J, Smith L, Krass I. Diabetes Medication Assistance Service: the pharmacist's role in supporting patient self-management of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in Australia. Patient Educ Couns. 2011 Jun;83(3):288-94. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.04.027. Epub 2011 May 26.