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Health professionals’ routine practice documentation and its associated factors in a resource-limited setting: a cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVES: Documenting routine practice is significant for better diagnosis, treatment, continuity of care and medicolegal issues. However, health professionals’ routine practice documentation is poorly practised. Therefore, this study aimed to assess health professionals’ routine practice document...

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Autores principales: Demsash, Addisalem Workie, Kassie, Sisay Yitayih, Dubale, Abiy Tasew, Chereka, Alex Ayenew, Ngusie, Habtamu Setegn, Hunde, Mekonnen Kenate, Emanu, Milkias Dugassa, Shibabaw, Adamu Ambachew, Walle, Agmasie Damtew
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9936289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36796855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjhci-2022-100699
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author Demsash, Addisalem Workie
Kassie, Sisay Yitayih
Dubale, Abiy Tasew
Chereka, Alex Ayenew
Ngusie, Habtamu Setegn
Hunde, Mekonnen Kenate
Emanu, Milkias Dugassa
Shibabaw, Adamu Ambachew
Walle, Agmasie Damtew
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Kassie, Sisay Yitayih
Dubale, Abiy Tasew
Chereka, Alex Ayenew
Ngusie, Habtamu Setegn
Hunde, Mekonnen Kenate
Emanu, Milkias Dugassa
Shibabaw, Adamu Ambachew
Walle, Agmasie Damtew
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description OBJECTIVES: Documenting routine practice is significant for better diagnosis, treatment, continuity of care and medicolegal issues. However, health professionals’ routine practice documentation is poorly practised. Therefore, this study aimed to assess health professionals’ routine practice documentation and associated factors in a resource-limited setting. METHODS: An institution-based cross-sectional study design was used from 24 March up to 19 April 2022. Stratified random sampling and a pretested self-administered questionnaire were used among 423 samples. Epi Info V.7.1 and STATA V.15 software were used for data entry and analysis, respectively. Descriptive statistics and a logistic regression model were employed to describe the study subjects and to measure the strength of association between dependent and independent variables, respectively. A variable with a p value of <0.2 in bivariate logistic regression was considered for multivariable logistic regression. In multivariable logistic regression, ORs with 95% CIs and a p value of <0.05 were considered to determine the strength of association between dependent and independent variables. RESULTS: Health professionals’ documentation practice was 51.1% (95% CI: 48.64 to 53.1). Lack of motivation (adjusted OR (AOR): 0.41, 95% CI: 0.22 to 0.76), good knowledge (AOR: 1.35, 95% CI: 0.72 to 2.97), taking training (AOR: 4.18, 95% CI: 2.99 to 8.28), using electronic systems (AOR: 2.19, 95% CI: 1.36 to 3.28), availability of standard documentation tools (AOR: 2.45, 95% CI: 1.35 to 4.43) were statistically associated factors. CONCLUSIONS: Health professionals’ documentation practice is good. Lack of motivation, good knowledge, taking training, using electronic systems and the availability of documentation tools were significant factors. Stakeholders should provide additional training, and encourage professionals to use an electronic system for documentation practices.
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spelling pubmed-99362892023-02-18 Health professionals’ routine practice documentation and its associated factors in a resource-limited setting: a cross-sectional study Demsash, Addisalem Workie Kassie, Sisay Yitayih Dubale, Abiy Tasew Chereka, Alex Ayenew Ngusie, Habtamu Setegn Hunde, Mekonnen Kenate Emanu, Milkias Dugassa Shibabaw, Adamu Ambachew Walle, Agmasie Damtew BMJ Health Care Inform Original Research OBJECTIVES: Documenting routine practice is significant for better diagnosis, treatment, continuity of care and medicolegal issues. However, health professionals’ routine practice documentation is poorly practised. Therefore, this study aimed to assess health professionals’ routine practice documentation and associated factors in a resource-limited setting. METHODS: An institution-based cross-sectional study design was used from 24 March up to 19 April 2022. Stratified random sampling and a pretested self-administered questionnaire were used among 423 samples. Epi Info V.7.1 and STATA V.15 software were used for data entry and analysis, respectively. Descriptive statistics and a logistic regression model were employed to describe the study subjects and to measure the strength of association between dependent and independent variables, respectively. A variable with a p value of <0.2 in bivariate logistic regression was considered for multivariable logistic regression. In multivariable logistic regression, ORs with 95% CIs and a p value of <0.05 were considered to determine the strength of association between dependent and independent variables. RESULTS: Health professionals’ documentation practice was 51.1% (95% CI: 48.64 to 53.1). Lack of motivation (adjusted OR (AOR): 0.41, 95% CI: 0.22 to 0.76), good knowledge (AOR: 1.35, 95% CI: 0.72 to 2.97), taking training (AOR: 4.18, 95% CI: 2.99 to 8.28), using electronic systems (AOR: 2.19, 95% CI: 1.36 to 3.28), availability of standard documentation tools (AOR: 2.45, 95% CI: 1.35 to 4.43) were statistically associated factors. CONCLUSIONS: Health professionals’ documentation practice is good. Lack of motivation, good knowledge, taking training, using electronic systems and the availability of documentation tools were significant factors. Stakeholders should provide additional training, and encourage professionals to use an electronic system for documentation practices. BMJ Publishing Group 2023-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9936289/ /pubmed/36796855 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjhci-2022-100699 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2023. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
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Demsash, Addisalem Workie
Kassie, Sisay Yitayih
Dubale, Abiy Tasew
Chereka, Alex Ayenew
Ngusie, Habtamu Setegn
Hunde, Mekonnen Kenate
Emanu, Milkias Dugassa
Shibabaw, Adamu Ambachew
Walle, Agmasie Damtew
Health professionals’ routine practice documentation and its associated factors in a resource-limited setting: a cross-sectional study
title Health professionals’ routine practice documentation and its associated factors in a resource-limited setting: a cross-sectional study
title_full Health professionals’ routine practice documentation and its associated factors in a resource-limited setting: a cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Health professionals’ routine practice documentation and its associated factors in a resource-limited setting: a cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Health professionals’ routine practice documentation and its associated factors in a resource-limited setting: a cross-sectional study
title_short Health professionals’ routine practice documentation and its associated factors in a resource-limited setting: a cross-sectional study
title_sort health professionals’ routine practice documentation and its associated factors in a resource-limited setting: a cross-sectional study
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9936289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36796855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjhci-2022-100699
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