Association of pharmacist telephone follow-up and perception of illness with acceptance of drug treatment in patients with bipolar disorder: a narrative review

Introduction: Bipolar disorder (BD) is a recurrent and chronic disorder characterized by fluctuationsin mood and energy. This disease affects about ۲.۴% of the world’s population. Increasingthe level of awareness of patients by pharmacists regarding the acceptance of drug treatment withfollow-up and counseling seems to be one of the ways to improve the quality of patient care.Few types of research have been conducted regarding the effectiveness of pharmacist telephonefollow-up and understanding the disease with the acceptance of drug treatment in patients with bipolardisorder. Therefore, this review study was conducted to investigate the telephone follow-upof the pharmacist and the understanding of the disease with the acceptance of drug treatment inpatients with bipolar disorder.Methods: In this narrative review research, using keywords related to pharmacist telephone follow-up in patients with bipolar disorder, studies were conducted that were published in Persian orEnglish languages and with full text, in the time range of ۲۰۱۰ to ۲۰۲۲; They were searched in thereliable scientific databases Science Direct, PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, SID, and Magiran.Articles that were not in line with the purpose of the research or were published in the form of aletter to the editor were excluded from the study. From the ۲۰ searched articles, ۱۱ articles relatedto pharmacist telephone follow-up in patients with bipolar disorder were selected.Results: The results showed that patients with bipolar disorder with high perception of treatmentcontrol, low perception of negative emotions of their mental illness, low perception of consequencesand high perception of their disorder had better treatment adherence. Due to the limitationsof face-to-face education in these patients, the pharmacist’s telephone follow-up can playan essential role in providing education to patients. Telemedicine may improve medication adherencein patients with depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia. Empowerment througheducation enables the family to play a more effective role in managing the disease of their affectedmember. Using telephone follow-up after the educational intervention will greatly contribute toits effectiveness and continuity.Conclusion: It is expected that the use of new technologies in patient monitoring will increase.Remote medicine (telemedicine) can be considered a new way to provide healthcare.

کلیدواژه ها:

Telephone follow-up ، Pharmacist ، Perception of illness ، Acceptance of drug treatment ، Bipolar disorder