Drug selection methods with scores have been developed and used worldwide for formulary purposes. These tools focus on the way in which the products are differentiated from each other within the same therapeutic class. ...

Although community pharmacists have become more involved in the care of asthma patients, several studies have assessed pharmacists' ability to illustrate appropriately inhalation technique of different asthma devices. Many ...

Background Community Based Interactive Approach-diabetes mellitus (CBIA-DM) is an active self-learning method. This study is aimed at improving type 2 diabetic patients' knowledge, attitude and practice on diabetes self-care ...

Objectives: To explore the validity and reliability of a disease-specific health-related quality-of-life questionnaire-the Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale Revision 4 (SQLS-R4)-in patients with schizophrenia in Malaysia. ...

Objectives: In developing countries out-of-pocket payments (OOP) are as high as 80% of healthcare spending. Generic medicines can be instrumental in reducing this expenditure. The current study is aimed to explore the ...

The objectives of this study were to identify and document various medical educational events attended by physicians in Pakistan. A cross-sectional study using a structured questionnaire was undertaken with a representative ...

Introduction Availability of counterfeit drugs is increasing, especially in developing countries. This fact makes it critical to develop new measures that can help to combat this problem. Objectives This study was designed ...

Objective The aim of this study was to improve diabetes patients' quality of life (QOL) by using a community based interactive approach - diabetes mellitus (CBIA-DM) strategy. Methods This study was a time-series pre and ...

Purpose: To assess diarrhea-related knowledge, attitude and practice through successive educational interventions. Methods: This was an interventional study conducted at nine different locations of Morang district, Nepal ...

Medical representatives are a key component of the marketing strategies used to convince physicians to prescribe targeted drugs. The perspectives of medical representatives on the extent and composition of pharmaceutical ...