PMID- 26408408
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160808
LR  - 20181113
IS  - 2210-7711 (Electronic)
VI  - 37
IP  - 6
DP  - 2015 Dec
TI  - Validation of the Physician-Pharmacist Collaborative Index for physicians in 
      Malaysia.
PG  - 1242-9
LID - 10.1007/s11096-015-0200-6 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Establishing a collaborative working relationship between doctors and 
      pharmacists is essential for the effective provision of pharmaceutical care. The 
      Physician-Pharmacist Collaborative Index (PPCI) was developed to assess the 
      professional exchanges between doctors and pharmacists. Two versions of the PPCI 
      was developed: one for physicians and one for pharmacists. However, these 
      instruments have not been validated in Malaysia. OBJECTIVE: To determine the 
      validity and reliability of the PPCI for physicians in Malaysia. SETTING: An 
      urban tertiary hospital in Malaysia. METHODS: This prospective study was 
      conducted from June to August 2014. Doctors were grouped as either a 
      "collaborator" or a "non-collaborator". Collaborators were doctors who regularly 
      worked with one particular clinical pharmacist in their ward, while 
      non-collaborators were doctors who interacted with any random pharmacist who 
      answered the general pharmacy telephone line whenever they required assistance on 
      medication-related enquiries, as they did not have a clinical pharmacist in their 
      ward. Collaborators were firstly identified by the clinical pharmacist he/she 
      worked with, then invited to participate in this study through email, as it was 
      difficult to locate and approach them personally. Non-collaborators were sampled 
      conveniently by approaching them in person as these doctors could be easily 
      sampled from any wards without a clinical pharmacist. The PPCI for physicians was 
      administered at baseline and 2 weeks later. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Validity (face 
      validity, factor analysis and discriminative validity) and reliability (internal 
      consistency and test-retest) of the PPCI for physicians. RESULTS: A total of 116 
      doctors (18 collaborators and 98 non-collaborators) were recruited. Confirmatory 
      factor analysis confirmed that the PPCI for physicians was a 3-factor model. The 
      correlation of the mean domain scores ranged from 0.711 to 0.787. "Collaborators" 
      had significantly higher scores compared to "non-collaborators" (81.4 +/- 10.1 vs. 
      69.3 +/- 12.1, p < 0.001). The Cronbach alpha for the overall PPCI for physicians 
      was 0.949, while the Cronbach alpha values for the individual domains ranged from 
      0.877 to 0.926. Kappa values at test-retest ranged from 0.553 to 0.752. 
      CONCLUSION: The PPCI for physicians was a valid and reliable measure in 
      determining doctors' views about collaborative working relationship with 
      pharmacists, in Malaysia.
FAU - Sellappans, Renukha
AU  - Sellappans R
AD  - Department of Primary Care Medicine, University Malaya Primary Care Research 
      Group (UMPCRG), Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, 
      Malaysia.
FAU - Ng, Chirk Jenn
AU  - Ng CJ
AD  - Department of Primary Care Medicine, University Malaya Primary Care Research 
      Group (UMPCRG), Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, 
      Malaysia.
FAU - Lai, Pauline Siew Mei
AU  - Lai PS
AD  - Department of Primary Care Medicine, University Malaya Primary Care Research 
      Group (UMPCRG), Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, 
      Malaysia. plai@ummc.edu.my.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20150925
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Int J Clin Pharm
JT  - International journal of clinical pharmacy
JID - 101554912
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Attitude of Health Personnel
MH  - Communication
MH  - *Cooperative Behavior
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Interprofessional Relations
MH  - Malaysia
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Personnel, Hospital
MH  - *Pharmacists
MH  - *Physicians
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires/*standards
MH  - Tertiary Care Centers
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Collaboration
OT  - Hospitals
OT  - Interprofessional relations
OT  - Malaysia
OT  - Pharmacists
OT  - Physicians
EDAT- 2015/09/27 06:00
MHDA- 2016/08/09 06:00
CRDT- 2015/09/27 06:00
PHST- 2015/02/07 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/09/21 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/09/27 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/09/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/08/09 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s11096-015-0200-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s11096-015-0200-6 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Clin Pharm. 2015 Dec;37(6):1242-9. doi: 10.1007/s11096-015-0200-6. Epub 
      2015 Sep 25.