Pharmaceutical care applied to women with breast cancer in Primary Health Care

Pharmaceutical care is a pharmacotherapeutic monitoring tool widely used in various health settings. The objective of this research was to perform the pharmacotherapeutic follow-up of female patients belonging to a breast cancer support group - Ellas Group -, linked to the Primary Health Care of a c...

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Autores: Alberti, Fernanda Fávero, Cardoso, Manuela Borges Sangoi, Canterle, Liana Pedrolo, Donini, Eduardo Kraetzig
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)
Repositorio:Saúde (Santa Maria)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/29900
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufsm.br/revistasaude/article/view/29900
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Pharmacotherapeutic follow-up
Clinical Pharmacy
Cancer patients
assistência
oncologia
farmácia clínica.
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Sumario:Pharmaceutical care is a pharmacotherapeutic monitoring tool widely used in various health settings. The objective of this research was to perform the pharmacotherapeutic follow-up of female patients belonging to a breast cancer support group - Ellas Group -, linked to the Primary Health Care of a city in the central-western region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. followup methodology was performed according to the Dáder Method. Eighteen non-pharmacological interventions were performed for the study patients, after being submitted there are an average of three pharmaceutical consultations with each patient. The mean age of the study participants was 54.1 years (SD = 8.2). The mean age of menopause was 44.4 years (SD = 8.2) and the age of menarche was 13.2 years (SD = 2.0). Three drug-related problems and nine negative drug outcomes were identified. In agreement with the proposed objective, it was verified how important it is to institute in the pharmaceutical practice the tools of care and pharmacotherapeutic monitoring in different clinical scenarios.