International Journal of Pharmacy Teaching & Practices 2015, Vol.6, Issue 4, 2603-2608. 2603 Impact of Clinical Pharmacist Education on Knowledge of Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH) among Pregnant Women Lavanya S 1* , Jeevana Jyothi B 2 , Lochana G 1 , Minu Kurian 1 , Surya Renjan 1 , Sruthi P Jose 1 , Krishna Kumar D 1 1 Department of Pharmacy Practice, C. L. Baid Metha College of Pharmacy, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India 2 Department of Pharmaceutics, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupathi, AP, India Research Article Please cite this paper as Lavanya S 1* , Jeevana Jyothi B 2 , Lochana G 1 , Minu Kurian 1 , Surya Renjan 1 , Sruthi P Jose 1 , Krishna Kumar D 1 . Impact of Clinical Pharmacist Education on Knowledge of Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH) among Pregnant Women IJPTP, 2015, 6(4), 2603-2608. Abstract Objective: The study is focused to assess the impact of clinical pharmacist’s education on knowledge of pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) among pregnant women. Methodology: A prospective study was carried out in the outpatient department of Obstetrics & Gynecology (OBG) of a tertiary care hospital. A patient documentation and knowledge based questionnaire was designed by the clinical pharmacist and assessed during their baseline to assess their knowledge about PIH and again same questionnaire was given to assess their improvement in knowledge at final visit. The patient education was also provided on lifestyle modification, medication adherence and to monitor their reduction in blood pressure (BP) according to Joint National Commission VIII (JNC) guidelines. Results and Conclusion: A total of 370 pregnant women came to the outpatient department of OBG, among them 36 patients were identified with PIH. In baseline 27.8% of patients have knowledge about PIH and in the final visit 94.4%, significant improvement in knowledge was observed. In baseline, systolic BP (mean ± SD) was found to be 148.9 ± 12.8 mm Hg and diastolic BP (mean ± SD) was found to be 90.6 ± 5.8 mm Hg. In the final visit the systolic BP (mean ± SD) was found to be 132.5± 9.7 mm Hg and diastolic BP (mean ± SD) was found to be 83.9 ± 4.9 mm Hg. The PIH patients who had received clinical pharmacist education on knowledge, lifestyle modification, and medication adherence showed a better improvement in their knowledge and reduction in BP. Keywords: pregnancy induced hypertension, blood pressure, clinical pharmacist, knowledge. Introduction Hypertensive disorder in pregnancy is characterized by the raised BP in a pregnant woman after 20 weeks of gestation without the presence of protein in urine or other signs of preeclampsia [1] . The new onsets of complications were including PIH, preeclampsia, eclampsia, fetal growth retardation, preterm birth and perinatal death. Hypertension during pregnancy affects nearly 6-8% of pregnant women and possibly leads to increased maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality [2] . Women may have experience hypertension in pregnancy, with or without proteinurea and with or without any adverse manifestations [3] . Maternal hypertensive disorder manifested as different phases like gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and eclampsia which is associated to a disorder at the stage of placenta with defective placentation that affects the ischaemic placental destruction [4] . In gestational hypertension, pathogenic mechanisms will generate milder arterial hypertension (AH) and controlled by antihypertensive drugs [5] . In preeclampsia superimposed on chronic hypertension the pathogenic mechanisms of pregnancy will cause chronic AH [6] . In eclampsia, the mechanism focused on the function of the cerebral vasculature and auto-regulation of cerebral blood flow (CBF) during elevations in blood pressure [7] . In India, hypertensive disorder in pregnancy responsible for the major Corresponding Author: Mrs. Lavanya Selvaraj, M. Pharm., (Ph.D) Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, C. L. Baid Metha College of Pharmacy, Jyothi Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Thorapakkam, Chennai -97. Contact No: +919566744999, Fax: (044) – 24960151 E-Mail: svlavanya2002@gmail.com