Cardiovascular disease as a leading cause of death: how are pharmacists getting involved?

K Mc Namara, H Alzubaidi… - … pharmacy research and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a leading cause of death globally. This article explores
the evidence surrounding community pharmacist interventions to reduce cardiovascular …

Prevention of stroke: a strategic global imperative

VL Feigin, B Norrving, MG George, JL Foltz… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
The increasing global stroke burden strongly suggests that currently implemented primary
stroke prevention strategies are not sufficiently effective, and new primary prevention …

Behaviour change techniques: the development and evaluation of a taxonomic method for reporting and describing behaviour change interventions (a suite of five …

S Michie, CE Wood, M Johnston… - Health technology …, 2015 - openaccess.city.ac.uk
Background Meeting global health challenges requires effective behaviour change
interventions (BCIs). This depends on advancing the science of behaviour change which, in …

The effectiveness of pharmacist interventions on cardiovascular risk: the multicenter randomized controlled RxEACH trial

RT Tsuyuki, YN Al Hamarneh, CA Jones… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - jacc.org
Background: Despite the cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk associated with hypertension,
diabetes, dyslipidemia, and smoking, these risk factors remain poorly identified and …

Sleep disorders screening, sleep health awareness, and patient follow-up by community pharmacists in Australia

JM Fuller, KK Wong, I Krass, R Grunstein… - Patient education and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Introduction Community pharmacies are well placed to deliver education and counseling to
improve sleep health. Objective To develop, implement and evaluate a pharmacist led sleep …

[HTML][HTML] Nutrition education and community pharmacy: a first exploration of current attitudes and practices in Northern Ireland

PL Douglas, H McCarthy, LE McCotter, S Gallen… - Pharmacy, 2019 - mdpi.com
Community pharmacist is one of the most prominent and accessible healthcare professions.
The community pharmacists' role in healthcare is evolving, with opportunities being taken to …

[HTML][HTML] The roles of community pharmacists in cardiovascular disease prevention and management

J George, K McNamara, K Stewart - The Australasian medical …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
There is ample evidence in the international literature for pharmacist involvement in the
prevention and management of cardiovascular disease (CVD) conditions in primary care …

Medication adherence in patients after percutaneous coronary intervention due to acute myocardial infarction: From research to clinical implications

D Swieczkowski, M Mogielnicki, N Cwalina… - Cardiology …, 2016 - journals.viamedica.pl
Adherence to medication is one of the most significant challenges of secondary prevention
in patients after an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Indeed, it has been well established …

Impact of changes in pill appearance in the adherence to angiotensin receptor blockers and in the blood pressure levels: a retrospective cohort study

B Lumbreras, E López-Pintor - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To assess the level of adherence to angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) in
patients regularly attending a community pharmacy and the influence of a change in …

Development and validation of the Diet Quality Tool for use in cardiovascular disease prevention settings

SL O'Reilly, LR McCann - Australian journal of primary health, 2012 - CSIRO Publishing
The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate a dietary screening tool for use in a
secondary cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention setting to identify an individual's overall …