Table 2 Attitude of health care providers towards clinical pharmacy services (N =594), September 2014
Attitude items | Respondents | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | AOR (95 % CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||
Clinical pharmacist participation in medical ward round is desirable | Physicians | 228 (43.02) | 12 (41.38) | 4 (11.43) | 1.90 [0.17–20.39] |
Nurses | 232 (43.78) | 13 (44.83) | 30 (85.71) | 0.10 [0.01–0.88]* | |
HO | 70 (13.21) | 4 (13.79) | 1 (2.86) | 1.00 [references] | |
Total | 530 (89.23) | 29 (4.89) | 35 (5.89) | ||
Clinical pharmacist can play important role in patient education and counseling | Physicians | 230 (43.73) | 10 (27.03) | 4 (12.90) | 0.92 [0.09–9.22] |
Nurses | 224 (42.59) | 25 (67.57) | 26 (83.87) | 0.15 [0.02–1.22] | |
HO | 72 (13.69) | 2 (5.41) | 1 (3.23) | 1.00 | |
Total | 526 (88.56) | 37 (6.23) | 31 (5.22) | ||
Clinical pharmacist can monitor patient response to drug therapy from toxicity/side effects perspective | Physicians | 223 (42.97) | 17 (37.78) | 4 (13.34) | 0.92 [0.09–9.22] |
Nurses | 227 (43.74) | 23 (51.11) | 25 (83.33) | 0.15 [0.02–1.22] | |
HO | 69 (13.29) | 5 (11.11) | 1 (3.33) | 1.00 | |
Total | 519 (87.37) | 45 (7.58) | 30 (5.05) | ||
Clinical pharmacist can monitor patient response to drug therapy from effectiveness perspective | Physicians | 209 (41.97) | 26 (43.33) | 9 (25) | 0.92 [0.09–9.22] |
Nurses | 221 (44.38) | 29 (48.34) | 25 (69.44) | 0.15 [0.02–1.22] | |
HO | 68 (13.65) | 5 (8.33) | 2 (5.56) | 1.00 | |
Total | 498 (87.88) | 60 (6.92) | 36 (5.06) | ||
Clinical pharmacist can provide drug information to health care professionals such as compatibility, stability, storage, availability | Physicians | 231 (44.25) | 10 (24.39) | 3 (10.00) | 1.82 [0.17–19.55] |
Nurses | 222 (42.53) | 27 (65.85) | 26 (86.67) | 0.17 [0.02–1.42] | |
HO | 70 (13.41) | 4 (9.76) | 1 (3.33) | 1.00 | |
Total | 522 (77.27) | 41 (15.49) | 30 (7.24) | ||
Clinical pharmacy service enhance patients appreciation and satisfaction | Physicians | 209 (45.53) | 30 (32.61) | 5 (11.63) | 0.41 [0.09–1.90] |
Nurses | 184 (40.09) | 56 (60.87) | 35 (81.40) | 2.89 [0.82–10.10] | |
HO | 66 (14.38) | 6 (6.52) | 3 (6.97) | 1.00 | |
Total | 459 (69.02) | 92 (16.50) | 43 (14.48) | ||
Clinical pharmacist should take patients medication history at admission | Physicians | 186 (45.37) | 38 (38.78) | 20 (23.26) | 1.33 [0.49–3.61] |
Nurses | 159 (38.78) | 57 (58.16) | 59 (68.60) | 0.29 [0.12–0.72]* | |
HO | 65 (15.85) | 3 (3.06) | 7 (8.14) | 1.00 | |
Total | 410 (74.20) | 98 (15.68 | 86 (10.12) | ||
Clinical pharmacist should have access to patients chart and have a place to document their service | Physicians | 194 (44.09) | 37 (39.78) | 13 (21.67) | 0.61 [0.12–3.00] |
Nurses | 185 (42.05) | 45 (48.39) | 45 (75.0) | 0.14 [0.03–0.65]* | |
HO | 61 (13.86) | 11 (11.83) | 2 (3.33) | 1.00 | |
Total | 440 (74.20) | 94 (15.68) | 60 (10.12) | ||
Clinical pharmacist should analyses patient treatment and suggest changes of therapy when necessary | Physicians | 193 (42.05) | 32 (42.31) | 18 (32.14) | 0.38 [0.08–1.82]* |
Nurses | 203 (44.23) | 36 (46.15) | 36 (64.29) | 0.209 [0.04–0.93]* | |
HO | 63 (13.73) | 9 (11.54) | 2 (3.57) | 1.00 | |
Total | 459 (77.14) | 77 (13.11) | 58 (9.75) | ||
Clinical pharmacist should care about drug products and leave patient care to Doctors, Health Officers and nurses | Physicians | 90 (30.51) | 47 (45.19) | 107 (55.16) | 0.33 [0.16–0.68]* |
Nurses | 160 (54.24) | 45 (43.27) | 70 (36.08) | 0.77 [0.38–1.57] | |
HO | 45 (15.25) | 12 (11.54) | 17 (8.76) | 1.00 | |
Total | 295 (49.75) | 104 (17.53) | 195 (32.72) | ||
The current setup (infrastructure and environments of your hospital is appropriate for the provisions of clinical pharmacy service) | Physicians | 107 (36.03) | 64 (50.39) | 73 (43.46) | 0.60[0.29–1.23] |
Nurses | 148 (49.83) | 51 (40.16) | 75 (44.64) | 0.90 [0.45–1.80] | |
HO | 42 (14.14) | 12 (9.45) | 20 (11.99) | 1.00 | |
Total | 297 (50.17) | 127 (21.45) | 168 (28.38) | ||
Clinical pharmacy service initiation is desirable in Ethiopian health care system | Physicians | 210 (44.03) | 27 (35.06) | 7 (17.95) | 1.78 [0.40–7.85] |
Nurses | 202 (42.35) | 44 (57.14) | 29 (74.36) | 0.34 [0.09–1.30] | |
HO | 65 (13.63) | 6 (7.80) | 3 (7.69) | 1.00 | |
Total | 477 (80.44) | 77 (12.98) | 39 (6.58) | ||
Clinical pharmacist can improve over all patient outcome/quality of patient care | Physicians | 215 (43.79) | 28 (43.75) | 1 (2.63) | 17.80 [1.93–164.86]* |
Nurses | 208 (42.36) | 35 (54.69) | 32 (84.21) | 0.58 [0.19–1.70] | |
HO | 68 (13.85) | 1 (1.56) | 6 (13.18) | 1.00 | |
Total | 491 (82.79) | 64 (10.79) | 39 (6.41) |