Aim: To initiate the Pharmacist-Psychiatrist collaborative patient education in ambulatory care settings.
Materials and Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted in a psychiatry out-patient department of a tertiary care teaching hospital over a period of six months. All the eligible patients were enrolled, and the necessary information was collected. The collected data was analysed for medication adherence by using medication adherence rating scale (MARS) and health-related quality of life by using the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire. A student t-test was used to analyse the results at P-value
Key words: Medication adherence; Quality of life; Pharmacist-Psychiatrist collaborative care; Ambulatory care
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