Development and validation of pharmaceutical care barriers scale in Chinese hospitals: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Chinese hospitals still face various barriers to implementing pharmaceutical care. The quantitative instrument for measuring these barriers in China is scarce. This study aims to develop and validate a scale for measuring barriers to providing pharmaceutical care in Chinese hospitals from the perspective of clinical pharmacists. Methods: The scale was developed based on existing literature and qualitative interviews with 20 experts. The scale was included in a small-range pilot survey and then administered to a validation survey in 31 provinces in China. Exploratory factor analysis was used to identify the structure of the scale. Confirmatory factor analysis was applied to verify the structure of the scale and to validate the scale's convergent and discriminativ

SUBMITTER: Chen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10373295 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature