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Item Perception of Physicians and Allied Health Care Workers of Pharmacists’ role in care optimization for schizophrenic patients at Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Maiduguri, North-Eastern, Nigeria(Association of Physicians of Bangladesh., 2019) Giwa, A; Yusuf, H; Mohammed, S; Aguye-Abdu, S.N; Dungus, F.M; Sani, A; Ashemi, FIntroduction: In clinical practice, it is required that a profession not only clearly describe their own roles and responsibilities to other professionals but should also be aware of other professions’ roles in relation to their own. The objective of this study was to assess the perceptions of physicians and allied health care workers (Other health care professionals) of the roles of pharmacists in optimizing care for schizophrenic patients. Methods: A self-administered 17-item validated questionnaire was distributed to 120 health care professionals working at Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Maiduguri from September to October 2016. Results obtained were analysed using Chi-square test. Results: Health care professionals mostly had positive perceptions with a statistically significant difference (P< 0.05) across all assessed items. However, competent and knowledge of the pharmacists accounting for 93 (83.8%), involvement of the pharmacist in patient care accounting for 91(82%) and reassuring patients to improve quality of life accounting for 98(88.3%) had the highest number of health care professionals with positive perceptions while documenting patient care, monitoring and reemphasizing physicians instructions had the lowest accounting for 69 (62.2%), 74(66.7%) and 74 (66.7%) respectively in the different sections. Conclusions: The health care professionals surveyed mostly had positive perceptions. Thus, pharmacists can leverage on this to meet their roles in optimizing care for schizophrenic patients.Item The role of Pharmacists in optimizing care for schizophrenic patients at a Tertiary Health Facility in Maiduguri, North-Eastern, Nigeria.(Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Maiduguri, 2018) Giwa, A; Yusuf, H; Mohammed, S; Maaji, H.U; Aguye-Abdu, S.N; Dungus, F.M; Suleiman, H.O; Siyaka, LVarious drug treatment options, frequent occurrence of side effects and low antipsychotic medication compliance all give pharmacists an important role to play in the overall successful treatment of patients with schizophrenia. This study was a descriptive cross sectional study carried out in October 2016 that aimed at assessing the extent to which pharmacists were involved in optimizing care for schizophrenic patients at the Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital Maiduguri, North-Eastern Nigeria. All pharmacists working at the institution were administered a 18 item validated self-administered questionnaire, with their responses measured on a five point rating scale of: never, rarely, sometimes, most of the times and always. Majority of the pharmacist were positively involved in traditional pharmaceutical duties like determining drug formulary (62.5%) and identification and resolution of drug therapy problems (81.2%). Majority of them were also involved in maintaining a good relationship with schizophrenic patients (68.7%), discussing side effects of their medication (56.2%) and maintaining open and effective means of communication with other health care professionals (81.2%). Conversely, less than half reported positive involvement under the relatively newer roles such as following up patients (37.5%) and documentation of interventions (18.7%). Pharmacists need to be better educated on the importance of their roles in optimizing care for schizophrenic patients. Educational trainings should be organized both by the pharmacists themselves, and at the hospital level in collaboration with other healthcare professionals.