Heba Hamed Salem

Department of Natural Product and Evidence Based Herbal Medicine, College of Pharmacy (Female Section) Rafha Campus, Northern Border University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Publications

• Research   
  The Impact of Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) Education on Improving Patient’s Therapeutic Outcomes: A Cross Sectional Descriptive Study
  Author(s): Ahmed Senaid Elgemaily, Heba Hamed Salem*, Maali Al-Aswad Al-Shammri and Hassan Mohamed Eweidah
  
  The present study aims to investigate the impact of Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) education on improving the therapeutic outcomes among DVT patients. For this purpose, 150 patients diagnosed with DVT were recruited from Rafha General Hospital to conduct a cross-sectional descriptive study. The present study evaluates the following therapeutic outcomes; health status, drug compliance, and quality of life which were excellent in 90%, 91%, and 88% of DVT patients who have an acceptable level of knowledge about their medical condition, respectively. On the other hand, previously mentioned therapeutic outcomes were excellent in only 20%, 24%, and 20% of DVT patients who have a non-acceptable level of knowledge about their illness, respectively (p<0.05). The results of our study pointed out that an increased level of knowledge of DVT patients regarding their medical c.. Read More»
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