6IMPACT OF COMMUNITY PHARMACY BASED PATIENT EDUCATION ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN HYPERTENTIONAn observational descriptive study was conducted in two hospitals City Cardiac Center and Ravi cardiac and diabetic center Vijayawada. For six months period to assess the impact of community pharmacy based patient education on quality of life in hypertension. Totally 70 patients were taken for the study, in pre-intervention were 35 patients and post-intervention were 35 patients. Pre-intervention group patients were received pharmacist provide patient education regarding drug therapy, diet, exercise and lifestyle modifications through the verbal and written education material in English and telugu language. A significant implement was observed with respect to knowledge, practice and attitude towards disease. Quality of life and a significant decrease in blood pressure p<0.005 was observed in patientspharmarams@gmail.comResearch212012Community pharmacy, Intervention studies,Quality of lifeV. Ramanarayana Reddy,K. Padmalatha,V. Satyanarayana,G. Nagarjuna Reddy,CH. Manohor Babu,A. Jayarami ReddyDept. of pharmacy practice, AM Reddy Memorial College of Pharmacy, Narasoraopet, Guntur, A.P, India,Vijaya institution of pharmaceutical sciences for womens, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India, Sri venkateswara college of Pharmacy, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India,KLR College of Pharmacy, Polvonchal, India, Gokaraju Gangaraju College of Pharmacy, Hyderabed, Andhra Pradesh, India,Vijaya institution of pharmaceutical sciences for womens, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India