PMID- 32619158
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20211026
LR  - 20211026
IS  - 1469-9567 (Electronic)
IS  - 1356-1820 (Linking)
VI  - 35
IP  - 3
DP  - 2021 May-Jun
TI  - Degree of physician-pharmacist collaboration and influencing factors in a 
      teaching specialized hospital in Ethiopia.
PG  - 361-367
LID - 10.1080/13561820.2020.1777953 [doi]
AB  - Several studies have found that physician-pharmacist collaboration improves 
      medication therapy outcomes. This study aimed to measure the degree of 
      physician-pharmacist collaboration in Ethiopia, to identify associated factors, 
      and to determine barriers to their collaboration. A cross-sectional study was 
      conducted among 299 health professionals (246 physicians and 53 pharmacists) in 
      Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia. The Collaborative Working 
      Relationship Model and the Physician-Pharmacist Collaborative Instrument (PPCI) 
      with three main exchange characteristics (trustworthiness, role specification, 
      and relationship initiation), and collaborative care items were used. Barriers to 
      collaboration and areas that need further collaboration were assessed. Multiple 
      regression was used to assess influencing factors. This study revealed that, in 
      Ethiopia, physicians had higher PPCI mean scores on collaborative care items 
      (4.22 +/- 1.35) compared to pharmacists (3.25 +/- 0.86). Areas of practice and 
      relationship initiation were the two influencing factors for collaboration among 
      pharmacists. But for physicians, age, areas of practice, educational 
      qualification, role specification, and trustworthiness were the factors 
      associated with collaboration. Lack of face-to-face communication and 
      fragmentation of care were the common barriers. However, the vast majority of 
      members of both professions believed that collaboration should be developed in 
      their future practice. Their current collaboration seems suboptimal, and exchange 
      characteristics, which reflect interactions between the practitioners, had a 
      significant influence on their collaboration in addition to other factors.
FAU - Nasir, Beshir Bedru
AU  - Nasir BB
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8246-9640
AD  - Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of 
      Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
FAU - Gezahegn, Getahun Tigistie
AU  - Gezahegn GT
AD  - Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of 
      Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
FAU - Muhammed, Oumer Sada
AU  - Muhammed OS
AD  - Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of 
      Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200703
PL  - England
TA  - J Interprof Care
JT  - Journal of interprofessional care
JID - 9205811
SB  - IM
MH  - Attitude of Health Personnel
MH  - Cooperative Behavior
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Ethiopia
MH  - Hospitals, Teaching
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Interprofessional Relations
MH  - *Pharmacists
MH  - *Physicians
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Barriers
OT  - Ethiopia
OT  - interprofessional collaboration
OT  - pharmacists
OT  - physicians
EDAT- 2020/07/04 06:00
MHDA- 2021/10/27 06:00
CRDT- 2020/07/04 06:00
PHST- 2020/07/04 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/10/27 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/07/04 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/13561820.2020.1777953 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Interprof Care. 2021 May-Jun;35(3):361-367. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2020.1777953. 
      Epub 2020 Jul 3.