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Original Article
Volume 5, Number 5, October 2013, pages 350-355
Physician’s Perceptions of Interprofessional Collaboration in Clinical Training Hospitals in Northeastern Japan
Tables
| Physicians | |
|---|---|
| N = 409 | |
| % | |
| Gender | |
| male | 84.6 |
| female | 15.4 |
| Age (years) | |
| 26 - 29 | 9.8 |
| 30 - 39 | 36.4 |
| 40 - 49 | 32.5 |
| 50 + | 21.3 |
| Type of hospital | |
| University hospital | 52.8 |
| Foundation hospital | 47.2 |
| Type of department | |
| Internal medicine | 16.1 |
| Surgical | 24.9 |
| others | 58.9 |
| Frequency of interprofessional meetings | |
| once a week + | 42.8 |
| once a month | 26.9 |
| few times a year | 20.0 |
| never | 10.3 |
| Negative perceptions of IPC | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Providing patient-centered care | Preventing medical accidents | Improving quality of medical care | |
| Adjusted OR (95%CI) | Adjusted OR (95%CI) | Adjusted OR (95%CI) | |
| Multiple logistic regression models were adjusted for all items in the table. IPC: Interprofessional collaboration; OR: Odds ratio; CI: Confidence interval. | |||
| Gender | |||
| male | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| female | 1.55 (0.85 - 2.82) | 1.16 (0.63 - 2.15) | 1.05 (0.56 - 1.98) |
| Age (years) | |||
| 26 - 29 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 30 - 39 | 3.23 (1.40 - 7.44) | 1.38 (0.64 - 2.98) | 2.37 (0.98 - 5.70) |
| 40 - 49 | 2.88 (1.23 - 6.73) | 1.34 (0.61 - 2.93) | 2.93 (1.20 - 7.12) |
| 50 + | 2.73 (1.11 - 6.68) | 0.82 (0.35 - 1.93) | 1.80 (0.69 - 4.59) |
| Type of department | |||
| internal medicine | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| surgical medicine | 1.30 (0.66 - 2.52) | 1.73 (0.85 - 3.53) | 1.88 (0.93 - 3.79) |
| others | 1.08 (0.60 - 1.92) | 1.50 (0.80 - 2.81) | 1.23 (0.66 - 2.28) |
| Type of hospital | |||
| University hospital | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Foundation hospital | 0.86 (0.56 - 1.32) | 0.81 (0.52 - 1.27) | 0.83 (0.53 - 1.30) |
| Frequency of interprofessional meetings | |||
| once a week + | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| once a month | 1.53 (0.91 - 2.55) | 1.20 (0.70 - 2.06) | 1.08 (0.62 - 1.88) |
| few times a year | 1.77 (1.02 - 3.06) | 1.89 (1.08 - 3.33) | 1.91 (1.09 - 3.35) |
| never | 2.95 (1.43 - 6.08) | 3.23 (1.58 - 6.62) | 2.75 (1.34 - 5.66) |