TY  - JOUR
TI  - Determination of Pharmacists’ Opinions about
Collegial Solidarity
AB  - Objectives: Colleague solidarity, which emphasizes trust, independent thinking skills, and sharing, enables the problems encountered in the health
service delivery to be dealt with effectively. This study aims to identify the current situation regarding colleague solidarity among pharmacists,
which is also included in Turkey’s pharmacy legislation.
Materials and Methods: “Colleague Solidarity Scale Among Nurses” was used in this study conducted with the questionnaire technique. The scale
comprises of 23 items and was scored using a 5-point Likert scale. In addition, there were three demographic questions and six questions to get
information from participants related to collegial solidarity in the questionnaire.
Results: As a result of the exploratory factor analysis (Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin: 0.837), three factors reported 51.029% of the total variance. The t-test
indicated a significant difference between gender groups only in the negative opinions about solidarity (NOS) factor (p=0.000). Females exhibited
more negative thoughts about solidarity. The ANOVA showed a significant difference in the academic solidarity (AS) factor (p=0.007) among the
participants’ works in community pharmacies and universities. Pharmacists working in universities had higher means in the AS factor. Moreover,
the number of working years made significant differences in the emotional solidarity factor (p=0.000) and NOS factor (p=0.002). Additionally, it
was found that the average responses in all factors of the participants who thought that they supported their colleagues in need and that solidarity
with their colleagues increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic period (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The findings suggest that colleague solidarity among pharmacists should be addressed profoundly as an element specified in legislation
and education processes. It is crucial to determine the level of colleague solidarity and improve it using this scale for different practice areas in
pharmacy.
AU  - ULUTAŞ DENİZ, Elif
AU  - Tarhan, Nilay
AU  - Arslan, Miray
AU  - kabaş, onur
AU  - AKBAL DAGISTAN, OZLEM
AU  - Sahne, Bilge S
DO  - 10.4274/tjps.galenos.2021.98271
PY  - 2021
JO  - Turkish Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
VL  - 18
IS  - 6
SN  - 1304-530X
SP  - 770
EP  - 775
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/523291
ER  -