Study of pharmacist intervention in polypharmacy among older patients: Non-randomized, controlled trial.

Aim: We investigated the outcomes of interdisciplinary drug therapy interventions by pharmacists among older residents of special elderly nursing homes.

Methods: The study was designed as a non-randomized, parallel-group, controlled study. Four nursing homes were allocated in a 1:1 ratio to an intervention group (IG) or control group (CG).

[The Effectiveness of Counseling Using Preventative Informational Sheets with Climate and Environmental Data from Insurance Pharmacies in Preventing Worsened Asthma Symptoms].

We investigated the possibility that having pharmacists give asthma patients informational sheets on climate and environmental changes at insurance pharmacies during patient counseling might prevent the worsening of asthma symptoms. Patients with hyperlipidemia were comparative subjects. We created informational sheets about climate and environmental changes and their influence on asthma.

[Outcomes of Pharmacists' Involvement with Residents of Special Nursing Homes for the Elderly].

　The current study aimed to examine the outcomes of pharmacists' involvement with elderly people in special nursing homes. We analyzed 58 cases involving regular visits by community pharmacists to 41 residents. The residents' mean age was 87.

How Patient-Pharmacist Communication Using the Drug Profile Book Relates to Patient's Behavior regarding Its Use.

 This survey aimed to examine how patient-pharmacist communication using the drug profile book relates patient's behavior regarding its use. Among patients who visited one of the five pharmacies during the 4 months between July and October of 2013, 245 patients who had been prescribed antihypertensives were asked to complete a questionnaire. Items included patient attributes, whether the patient thought the drug profile book was useful to them ("sense of utility"), whether the patient has ever been questioned by a pharmacist while showing the drug profile book ("experience of being questioned by a pharmacist while showing the drug profile book"), and whether the patient has ever shown the drug profile book to the physician ("experience of showing the drug profile book to the physician").