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ArticlePharmacy practice

Clinical pharmacists´ interventions in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review.

Sarah Pousinho, Manuel Morgado, Ana I Plácido, Fátima Roque, Amílcar Falcão, Gilberto Alves

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Article in Pharmacy practice. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effective Education Methods to Improve Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Systematic Review.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2025
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  10. Pharmacist-Managed Diabetes Programs: Improving Treatment Adherence and Patient Outcomes.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sarah PousinhoMSC. CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior. Covilhã (Portugal). sarahpousinho@gmail.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2710-2990
Manuel MorgadoPhD, PharmD. CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior. Covilhã (Portugal). mmorgado@fcsaude.ubi.pt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2112-2835
Ana I PlácidoPhD. Research Unit for Inland Development, Polytechnic of Guarda (UDI-IPG). Guarda (Portugal). anaplacido@ipg.pt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2316-6770
Fátima RoquePhD, PharmD. CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior. Covilhã (Portugal). froque@ipg.pt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0169-3788
Amílcar FalcãoPhD, PharmD. Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Laboratory of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra. Coimbra (Portugal). acfalcao@ff.uc.pt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3854-6549
Gilberto AlvesPhD, PharmD. CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior. Covilhã (Portugal). gilberto@fcsaude.ubi.pt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4213-0714
University of Beira Interior · PTInstituto Politécnico da Guarda · PTUniversity of Coimbra · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundType 2 diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that is reaching epidemic proportions worldwide. It is imperative to adopt an integrated strategy, which involves a close collaboration between the patient and a multidisciplinary team of which pharmacists should be integral elements.

objectiveThis work aims to identify and summarize the main effects of interventions carried out by clinical pharmacists in the management of patients with type 2 diabetes, considering clinical, humanistic and economic outcomes.

methodsPubMed and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were searched for randomized controlled trials assessing the effectiveness of such interventions compared with usual care that took place in hospitals or outpatient facilities.

resultsThis review included 39 studies, involving a total of 5,474 participants. Beneficial effects were observed on various clinical outcomes such as glycemia, blood pressure, lipid profile, body mass index and coronary heart disease risk. For the following parameters, the range for the difference in change from baseline to final follow-up between the intervention and control groups was: HbA1c, -0.05% to -2.1%; systolic blood pressure, +3.45 mmHg to -10.6 mmHg; total cholesterol, +10.06 mg/dL to -32.48 mg/dL; body mass index, +0.6 kg/m

conclusionsThese findings support and encourage the integration of clinical pharmacists into multidisciplinary teams, underlining their role in improving the management of type 2 diabetes.

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Blood GlucoseCost-Benefit AnalysisDiabetes MellitusGlycated Hemoglobin AMedication AdherencePharmaceutical ServicesPharmaciesPharmacistsQuality of LifeSystematic Reviews as TopicType 2

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PMID32922572
PMCPMC7470242
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