General practitioners' attitudes towards and frequency of collaboration with pharmacists in China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Building interprofessional working relationships between general practitioners (GPs) and pharmacists is essential to ensure high-quality patient care. However, there is limited Chinese literature on GP-pharmacist collaboration, and few studies have explored GPs' experiences with pharmacist integration into general practices. This study aimed to investigate GPs' attitudes towards and frequency of collaboration with pharmacists in China.

Methods

This cross-sectional study used an online self-administered questionnaire integrating two scales, ATCI-GP and FICI-GP, which had been translated and validated to investigate 3,248 GPs from February 15 to March 15, 2023 across Zhejiang Province, China. Descriptive analyses were used, and the factors associated with GPs' frequ

SUBMITTER: Cai S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10612245 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature