The Outcome of Pharmaceutical Care on Rabies Vaccination of Rabies Exposed Persons
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Background: Rabies is a contagious disease, which can be transmitted from animals to humans and is a public health problem. Pharmaceutical care together with the required medical guidance including information about the disease, treatment, number of vaccinations, and advice about the use of drugs would influence patients to receive their vaccination appropriately.
Objective: To study the outcome of pharmaceutical care on the rabies vaccination of rabies exposed persons.
Materials and methods: The study was a quasi-experimental research comparing the outcome between pre and post-intervention from different individuals. Data were collected from 100 rabies exposed patients at the Surgery Department and Emergency Room in Prapokklao Hospital, Chanthaburi Province, Thailand during February-April 2020. The research instruments consisted of pharmaceutical care and a designed data recording form. Descriptive statistics and a Chi-square test were applied for analyzing the data.
Results: According to the survey, most of the test subjects were female, the average age of the pre-intervention group was 42.0 (SD = 21.6), and the average age of the post-intervention group was 37.1 (SD = 22.4). The gender and average age of the test subjects did not show any difference (p > 0.05). Both groups were mostly bitten, and the number of patients of each type of disease exposure characteristics was not different (p > 0.05). The disease carrier type were mostly dogs and cats. The number of patients classified by the carrier type and the carrier past records did not show any difference (p > 0.05). The number of patients that were prescribed with antiseptic, immunoglobulin, and antibiotics in both groups were not dissimilar (p > 0.05). Furthermore, the results of the post-intervention group happened to be more thorough and received the vaccination on schedule.
Conclusion: According to the survey, the post-intervention patients adhered more to the medication process, as 99.0% of the patients in this group received the medication thoroughly and on schedule. The dosage of each immunoglobulin was reduced as well as the number of prescribed patients. In conclusion, the pharmaceutical care displayed more attention to detail and had scheduled medical appointments.
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