Perceptions and Engagement of Interprofessional Collaboration Between Registered Nurses and Physical Therapists in a Home Health Care Setting at Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Background :
The lack of communication between home care services and general practitioners is criticized by therapists who conduct home visits ; from the standpoint of an interprofessional cooperation, PRHC and family members should be viewed as team members in a collaborative practice in order to address PRHC's demandsAim of the research :Perceptions and Engagement of Interprofessional Collaboration Between Registered Nurses and Physical Therapists in a Home Health Care Setting Research question:What are the perceptions of interprofessional collaboration in the home care context among PRHC, family members, home care service nurses, general practitioners, and therapy professionals? Methodology: Research design:Descriptive cross sectional research design was utilized to conduct this research Setting and sampling : It was conducted at capital home care at Jeddah , Participants were specifically chosen based on a variety of heterogeneous factors, including gender, age, residence, caregiving, and family relationships. Participants were chosen for the focus groups based on their gender, place of residence, and level of work experience. Purposive sampling were utilized to conduct this research , 395 participant was assigned to share in this research. Research instrument:One questionnaire as used to conduct this research :It consists of two part ;The first part is to assess the socio demographic characteristics of the study subjects ; The second part was develop by the researcher based on the current related literature to assess the perception of collaboration Perceptions and Engagement of Interprofessional Collaboration Between Registered Nurses and Physical Therapists in a Home Health Care Setting ResultsSpearman's rho correlations that were performed to investigate the connection between cooperation and mutual respect are shown in Table 7. Positive correlations exist between the overall collaboration score and its associated dimensions as well as mutual trust(47****; .38****; 53****, 31***) respectively. Conclusion:Improved interprofessional cooperation could help close gaps in the home health care scenario and allow for the prediction of unfavorable outcomes. Van den Bussche et al. claim that when there is strong teamwork, the likelihood of avoiding hospital admissions is estimated more positively [10]. Regarding the effects of quality healthcare at home, interprofessional collaboration is also a touchy subject in other nations