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
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2019
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Association of Physicians of Bangladesh.
Abstract
Introduction: 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.
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Perceptions, Health care professionals, Pharmacists’ roles, Schizophrenic patients, Nigeria
Citation
H Yusuf, Giwa A, Mohammed S, Aguye-Abdu SN, Dungus FM, Sani A, Ashemi f (2019): 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. Bangladesh Journal of Medicine. 30 (1); 19-23, Published by Association of Physicians of Bangladesh.