PMID- 33481846
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210611
LR  - 20210611
IS  - 1932-6203 (Electronic)
IS  - 1932-6203 (Linking)
VI  - 16
IP  - 1
DP  - 2021
TI  - Job satisfaction of clinical pharmacists and clinical pharmacy activities 
      implemented at Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.
PG  - e0245537
LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0245537 [doi]
LID - e0245537
AB  - Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) in Vietnam pioneered the practice of clinical pharmacy; 
      however, hospitals in HCMC have faced numerous challenges that might influence 
      the job satisfaction of clinical pharmacists (CPs). Additionally, there have been 
      no official statistics about clinical pharmacy activities that have been reported 
      so far. Therefore, this study was conducted to examine the current status of the 
      clinical pharmacy profession and to analyze the key factors affecting job 
      satisfaction of CPs in HCMC. This was a cross-sectional study. Self-administered 
      questionnaires were distributed to all the CPs in all the 128 hospitals in HCMC 
      via an online survey tool from May to June 2020. Only about 30% of the 
      respondents were full-time CPs. The percentage of CPs participating in clinical 
      wards was relatively low (52.79%). "Provide drug information for patients and 
      medical employees" was the most common clinical pharmacy activity, with the 
      percentage of CPs participating in it being nearly 90%. Overall, 74.1% of the 197 
      CPs surveyed were satisfied with their current job. The factors that they were 
      satisfied with the most and the least were "Inter & Intra professional 
      relationships" (95.9%) and "Income" (59.9%), respectively. The only demographic 
      and work-related characteristic that had a statistically significant association 
      with overall job satisfaction was "Ward round participation". Most clinical 
      pharmacy tasks noted a high rate of participation from the CPs. Nevertheless, 
      hospitals in HCMC was found to be experiencing a shortage of CPs and low levels 
      of participation of CPs in ward rounds, and most CPs were unable to completely 
      focus on clinical pharmacy tasks. Regarding CPs' job satisfaction-related 
      aspects, income and ward round participation appear to be the two factors that 
      should be increased, in order to enhance CPs' job satisfaction.
FAU - Nguyen-Thi, Hai-Yen
AU  - Nguyen-Thi HY
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8514-1416
AD  - Pharmaceutical Administration Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of 
      Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
FAU - Nguyen-Ngoc, Thuy-Tram
AU  - Nguyen-Ngoc TT
AD  - Pharmaceutical Administration Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of 
      Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
FAU - Do-Tran, Minh-Thu
AU  - Do-Tran MT
AD  - Pharmaceutical Administration Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of 
      Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
FAU - Do, Dung Van
AU  - Do DV
AD  - Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
FAU - Pham, Luyen Dinh
AU  - Pham LD
AD  - Pharmaceutical Administration Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of 
      Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
FAU - Le, Nguyen Dang Tu
AU  - Le NDT
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4233-4696
AD  - Pharmaceutical Administration Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of 
      Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210122
PL  - United States
TA  - PLoS One
JT  - PloS one
JID - 101285081
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Job Satisfaction
MH  - Male
MH  - Pharmacists/*psychology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Vietnam
PMC - PMC7822262
COIS- The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
EDAT- 2021/01/23 06:00
MHDA- 2021/06/12 06:00
PMCR- 2021/01/22
CRDT- 2021/01/22 17:13
PHST- 2020/10/16 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/12/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/01/22 17:13 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/01/23 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/06/12 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/01/22 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - PONE-D-20-31080 [pii]
AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0245537 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - PLoS One. 2021 Jan 22;16(1):e0245537. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245537. 
      eCollection 2021.