TY  - JOUR
T1  - Quality-of-Life Assessment in Musculoskeletal Disorder Patients, Lahore, Pakistan
A1  - Mahpara Tabassum
A1  - Fiza Ayub
A1  - Kainat Tanveer
A1  - Mehwish Ramzan
A1  - Allah Bukhsh
A1  - Zaid Mahdi Mohammed
A1  - Tahir Mehmood Khan
JF  - Bulletin of Pioneering Researches of Medical and Clinical Science
JO  - Bull. pioneer. res. med. clin. sci
SN  - 3006-2659
Y1  - 2023
VL  - 2
IS  - 1
DO  - 10.51847/QVOwcxjCwX
SP  - 17
EP  - 24
N2  - The prevalence rate of Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) in Pakistan is 70% more than that in developed countries. This study aims to assess health outcomes in musculoskeletal patients and the role of pharmacists in educating patients to improve Health-Related Quality of Life through extended pharmaceutical services in community pharmacy practice. Patients(n=281) with different musculoskeletal disorders including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, gout, and body pain from 10 different community pharmacies responded to questionnaires containing demographics, disease-specific, and assessment of community pharmacy practice questions. Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) was reported by 33.1% of the patients, 24.6% reported Osteoarthritis (OA), 6% reported gout, and 35.9% reported body pain. The studied population reported moderate to severe pain and other health parameters despite taking various analgesic medications. The patients' quality-of-life scores (poor, moderate, good) were significantly associated with the population demographics and community pharmacist knowledge. Community pharmacists improve the quality of life of musculoskeletal disorder patients by prescription checking, reducing medication errors, and counseling. There is a need for more access to community pharmacies to reduce the burden on healthcare centers. Training sessions should be conducted on comprehensive pharmaceutical services to prevent medication errors‎.
UR  - https://bprmcs.com/article/quality-of-life-assessment-in-musculoskeletal-disorder-patients-lahore-pakistan-raz2asd3qqpetj5
ER  -