DOI:
VOLUME-5, ISSUE-5
ARAVAMUTHAN ANANDHASAYANAM0, SUBRAMANIAM KANNAN1, BINCE VINOY1, ANNAMALAI TAMILSELVAN1
ABSTRACT
BACK GROUND: There was no detailed information on control therapy assessment and drug utilization in Asthma patients in South India. OBJECTIVE: Evaluation of Asthma control therapy and drug utilization pattern in Asthma patients METHODS: The study was conducted at the CO- OPERATIVE Hospital, located in Thalipparamba village, kannor. This is a questionnaire based prospective study over a period of 9 months. The clinical outcomes, the therapy & the control of asthma from the given therapy were recorded with the demographic details by an interview. RESULTS: 200 adult patients participated, out of which 53% were women and 47% were men. Spirometric study showed that out of 200 patients 31.5% had mild Asthma and 41% had moderate Asthma and the remaining 27.5% hadsevere Asthma. Based on the questionnaire Journal of Medical Pharmaceutical and Allied Sciences (May_2016); 10-26 11 survey most of the people faced the different symptomsof Asthmalike,various morning disturbances (87.5%), Limitation of activities(96%), Sleep disturbances (14%).Out of 200 people 87.5 % people felt frustrated. 93.5 % people wheeze &92 % were in different stages of chest tightness. CONCLUSION: The study concluded that most of the patients do not have the knowledge about Asthma, presentation measures, and risk factors, the therapy methods to reduce the risk factors.The severity of asthma among the total population of 200 asthmatic patients showed that 27.5% of them had severe FEV1. 14% of people were unable to sleep because of asthma trouble during the night hours. 1% of asthmatic patient showed totally limited and 2% of people wheezed all the time. The drug utilization in that total asthmatic patients showed that 46% of people used inhalers out of that 5.5% of them took more than 2 puffs a d. The drug therapy regimen in this study revealed that 47.5% of patients treated with more than two drugs and it reveals that asthma in such patients was not controlled by a single drug therapy.
Keywords: Asthma control therapy, Drug utilization study, Pharmacist observation