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Effectiveness of Patient Counselling and Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) on Medication Adherence in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Author(s) Mr. PRAJWAL H, Ms. Megha H M, Ms. Amrutha M, Mr. Abhijith Kumar Dalal, Dr. Yashoda K
Country India
Abstract Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a long term illness that requires regular treatment and steady use of medicines. Poor adherence to medication frequently causes a disease to deteriorate, which in turn results in more hospital visits and a decrease in the quality of life. This research assessed the impact of patient counselling and the implementation of a Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) on the enhancement of medication adherence in CKD patients in a tertiary care hospital. A total of 60 CKD patients were randomly divided into two groups- one got regular care and other received pharmacist counselling with a bilingual PIL. The levels of adherence were determined using the Simplified Medication Adherence Questionnaire for CKD (SMAQ-CKD). After the counselling sessions, the percentage of poorly adherent patients noticeably fell to 6.7 percent in the intervention group from 80 percent, while those highly adherent increased from 0 to 40 percent (p < 0.000001), In contrast, the control group had shown only a low level of improvement (p = 0.035). Our results indicate that medication adherence is significantly improved among the CKD patients by pharmacist counselling with a PIL in both languages. This highlights the importance of pharmacist’s role as a part of the multidisciplinary renal care team.
Keywords Chronic Kidney Disease, Simplified Medication Adherence Questionnaire for CKD, Patient Information Leaflet.
Field Medical / Pharmacy
Published In Volume 7, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On 2025-12-03
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i06.62374
Short DOI https://doi.org/hbdsg3
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