Investigation on pharmaceutical care barriers perceived by clinical pharmacists in secondary and tertiary hospitals in China.

Objective: This study aimed to understand the current status of pharmaceutical care barriers perceived by clinical pharmacists in secondary and tertiary hospitals in China, and to provide a reference for further improving the quality of pharmaceutical care and perfecting the construction of pharmaceutical care system in China.

Methods: The PCBS-CH scale (Pharmaceutical Care Barriers Scale in Chinese Hospitals) was used to measure the perceived pharmaceutical care barriers of clinical pharmacists, and descriptive statistical analysis was used to identify the main barriers faced by clinical pharmacists. The different barriers perceived by clinical pharmacists with various characteristics was investigated by subgroup analysis.

Development of Machine Learning Models for Ion-Selective Electrode Cation Sensor Design.

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) membrane-based ion-selective electrode (ISE) sensors are common tools for water assessments, but their development relies on time-consuming and costly experimental investigations. To address this challenge, this study combines machine learning (ML), Morgan fingerprint, and Bayesian optimization technologies with experimental results to develop high-performance PVC-based ISE cation sensors. By using 1745 data sets collected from 20 years of literature, appropriate ML models are trained to enable accurate prediction and a deep understanding of the relationship between ISE components and sensor performance ( = 0.

Residents Preferences for Pharmacist-Managed Clinic in China: A Discrete Choice Experiment.

Purpose: This study aimed to survey and analyze the preferences for pharmacist-managed clinic among urban residents in China.

Materials And Methods: A discrete choice experiment was conducted in Nanjing, China. A D-efficient fractional factorial design was used to generate the questionnaire.

Health utility of patients with established rheumatoid arthritis and its influencing factors: a multi-center study in China.

To assess the health utility value (HUV) of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients and its influencing factors in China. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 8 tertiary hospitals across four capital-cities. The demographic characteristics, patient-reported outcomes including the HUV got by EQ-5D-5L, clinical characteristics, and clinician-reported outcomes of 171 RA patients were collected both from themselves and their physicians.

Association of the barriers of pharmaceutical care perceived by clinical pharmacists and occupational stress in tertiary hospitals of China.

Objective: As an important member of the healthcare team, clinical pharmacists' occupational stress will lead to a decline in the quality of pharmaceutical care. According to person-environment fit theory, barriers of pharmaceutical care perceived by clinical pharmacists may be a potential factor influencing occupational stress. This study aimed to assess the association between the specific barriers of pharmaceutical care perceived by clinical pharmacists and their occupational stress in China.

Public preferences for online medical consultations in China: a discrete choice experiment.

Background: Online medical consultation (OMC) is significant to promote the utilization and accessibility of healthcare resources and save time on consultation. However, the usage and public acceptance rates of it are still low in China. Meanwhile, few studies have focused on consumers' demand of OMC services.

MXene-Coated Ion-Selective Electrode Sensors for Highly Stable and Selective Lithium Dynamics Monitoring.

Lithium holds immense significance in propelling sustainable energy and environmental systems forward. However, existing sensors used for lithium monitoring encounter issues concerning their selectivity and long-term durability. Addressing these challenges is crucial to ensure accurate and reliable lithium measurements during the lithium recovery processes.

Association of the availability of pharmaceutical facilities provided in secondary and tertiary hospitals with clinical pharmacists' work performance.

Background: Clinical pharmacists always work as the pivotal role in the process of facilitating the proper use of drug. Based on the person-environment fit theory, the availability of facilities required in pharmaceutical service may influence pharmacists' performance, but which of them may have positive or negative impact remains unclear.

Objectives: This study aims to analysed the quantitative association of the availability of pharmaceutical facilities provided in Chinese hospitals and clinical pharmacists' work performance to assist hospitals formulating plans of the improving pharmaceutical working conditions to enhance clinical pharmacists' performance.

Exploring the training of chinese medical staff oriented to the need for clinical drug information services: from the perspective of drug information patients obtained and need.

Background: There are some gaps between the training of drug information service competencies for medical staff and drug information patients need in China.

Objective: To investigate drug information patients obtained and need for further providing directions for the training of drug information service competencies among medical staff in China from patients' perspectives.

Methods: A face-to-face nationwide survey was conducted using a stratified sampling method.

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

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.

The anchor design of anchor-based method to determine the minimal clinically important difference: a systematic review.

Background: Positive results for clinical outcomes should be not only statistically significant, but also clinically significant. The minimum clinically important difference (MCID) is used to define the minimum threshold of clinical significance. The anchor-based method is a classical method for ascertaining MCID.

A Study on Influencing Factors of Physicians' Suboptimal Health Status in Primary Healthcare Institutions.

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the current health status of Chinese physicians in primary healthcare institutions (PHI) and the effects of personal characteristics, lifestyle, work-related environment and life-related environment on the subhealth status (SHS) of them.

Methods: A conceptual framework of various influencing factors was constructed with reference to the concept of health-related quality of life before the convenience sampling. Self-administered questionnaires are distributed to acquire the cross-sectional information of nationwide PHI physicians.

Factors influencing clinical pharmacists' integration into the clinical multidisciplinary care team.

To investigate the factors influencing clinical pharmacists' integration into the clinical multidisciplinary care team, using interprofessional collaboration between clinical pharmacists and physicians as the focus. Through stratified random sampling, a cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted among clinical pharmacists and physicians in secondary and tertiary hospitals in China from July to August 2022. The questionnaire, comprising the Physician-Pharmacist Collaborative Index (PPCI) scale to reflect the collaboration level and a combined scale to measure influencing factors, was made available in two versions for clinical pharmacists and physicians.

Influencing factors of nonclinical pharmacists' willingness to transform: a cross-sectional survey in Xinjiang, China.

Background: There is a serious shortage of clinical pharmacists in Xinjiang, China. A six-month to one-year on-the-job training programme can rapidly transition nonclinical pharmacists into clinical pharmacists to resolve this issue. However, not all nonclinical pharmacists are willing to become clinical pharmacists, and many factors may influence their willingness.

Mapping the Peds QL 4.0 onto CHU-9D: a cross-sectional study in functional dyspepsia population from China.

Objective: The study aims to develop a mapping algorithm from the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4. 0 (Peds QL 4.0) onto Child Health Utility 9D (CHU-9D) based on the cross-sectional data of functional dyspepsia (FD) children and adolescents in China.

Association of pharmaceutical care barriers and role ambiguity and role conflict of clinical pharmacists.

This study aimed to understand current status of pharmaceutical care barriers and explore the impact of them on the role ambiguity and role conflict of clinical pharmacists in secondary and tertiary hospitals in mainland China. The Chinese version of Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity Scale was used to measure clinical pharmacists' role ambiguity and role conflict. A questionnaire for clinical pharmacists' pharmaceutical care barriers was established to determine whether clinical pharmacists encounter barriers.

Exploring the training of pharmacists oriented to the demands for clinical pharmacy services: from the perspective of physicians.

Background: To evaluate physicians' perceptions, experiences and expectations of clinical pharmacists in China from the perspective of physicians' demands, to improve the training of pharmacists.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey involving physicians (except for primary physicians) was conducted from July to August 2019 in China. Using a field questionnaire, this study gathered data on descriptive information about the respondents and their perceptions, experiences and expectations of clinical pharmacists.

Mapping health assessment questionnaire disability index onto EQ-5D-5L in China.

Objective: This research aimed to develop the more accurate mapping algorithms from health assessment questionnaire disability index (HAQ-DI) onto EQ-5D-5L based on Chinese Rheumatoid Arthritis patients.

Methods: The cross-sectional data of Chinese RA patients from 8 tertiary hospitals across four provincial capitals was used for constructing the mapping algorithms. Direct mapping using Ordinary least squares regression (OLS), the general linear regression model (GLM), MM-estimator model (MM), Tobit regression model (Tobit), Beta regression model (Beta) and the adjusted limited dependent variable mixture model (ALDVMM) and response mapping using Multivariate Ordered Probit regression model (MV-Probit) were carried out.

Primary Healthcare Pharmacists' Perceived Organizational Support and Turnover Intention: Do Gender Differences Exist?

Purpose: This study aims to explore the relationship between the four-dimensional structured perceived organizational support (emotional support, instrumental support, supervisor support, and coworker support) and the turnover intention of pharmacists in primary healthcare institutions. The gender differences between perceived organizational support and turnover intention will also be examined.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in primary healthcare institutions of 31 cities in China from 2 July to 1 September 2021.

Association between lifestyle behaviors and health-related quality of life among primary health care physicians in China: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Primary health care (PHC) serves as the gatekeeper of health system and PHC physicians take on significant obligations to provide health care services in the pursuit of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). PHC physicians' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) can have a strong impact on patients, physicians and the health care system. Lifestyle interventions are found to be effective to improve HRQoL.

Capturing What Matters with Patients' Bypass Behavior? Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Study in China.

Background: In China, bypassing is becoming increasingly prevalent. Such behavior, as going directly to upper-level health-care facilities without a primary care provider (PCP) referral when facing non-critical diseases, contrasts to "expanding the role of PCPs as the first-contact of care", may cause unneglectable damage to the healthcare system and people's physical health.

Objective: To examine the relationship between patient experience in primary health-care clinics (PHCs) and their bypass behavior.

The Influence of Social Capital: A Trigger for Increasing Job Satisfaction.

Purpose: Evidence suggests that social capital in medical and health institutions is associated with the job satisfaction of medical staff. We examined the relationship between the social capital of Primary Healthcare Institutions (PHI) and the job satisfaction of pharmacists within it.

Materials And Methods: From August 24 to September 1, 2021, we visited a total of 253 PHIs in 31 provinces of China.

Association of education background with clinical pharmacists' clinical pharmacy workload in tertiary hospitals of China.

Background: Workload of healthcare providers may affect the quality of healthcare. Practical evidences have indicated that healthcare providers are differentially associated with workload due to their different education and training background. Clinical pharmacists are an indispensable part of medical teams.

Electrospraying Zwitterionic Copolymers as an Effective Biofouling Control for Accurate and Continuous Monitoring of Wastewater Dynamics in a Real-Time and Long-Term Manner.

Long-term continuous monitoring (LTCM) of water quality can provide high-fidelity datasets essential for executing swift control and enhancing system efficiency. One roadblock for LTCM using solid-state ion-selective electrode (S-ISE) sensors is biofouling on the sensor surface, which perturbs analyte mass transfer and deteriorates the sensor reading accuracy. This study advanced the anti-biofouling property of S-ISE sensors through precisely coating a self-assembled channel-type zwitterionic copolymer poly(trifluoroethyl methacrylate--sulfobetaine methacrylate) (PTFEMA--SBMA) on the sensor surface using electrospray.

Forward-Looking Roadmaps for Long-Term Continuous Water Quality Monitoring: Bottlenecks, Innovations, and Prospects in a Critical Review.

Long-term continuous monitoring (LTCM) of water quality can bring far-reaching influences on water ecosystems by providing spatiotemporal data sets of diverse parameters and enabling operation of water and wastewater treatment processes in an energy-saving and cost-effective manner. However, current water monitoring technologies are deficient for long-term accuracy in data collection and processing capability. Inadequate LTCM data impedes water quality assessment and hinders the stakeholders and decision makers from foreseeing emerging problems and executing efficient control methodologies.