title: Nurse-physician collaboration: a meta-analytical investigation of survey scores.
abstract: This meta-analysis investigated differences between nurses and physicians in interprofessional collaboration (IPC) ratings. Fifty-one surveys, representing a total of 18 782 professionals and students (13 132 nurses and nursing students, and 5650 physicians and medical students), were meta-analyzed, considering several moderating variables. Overall, nurses scored higher on IPC than physicians. Sensitivity analysis revealed that while physicians perceived more existing collaboration than nurses, nurses had a more positive attitude toward collaboration than physicians. Moreover, IPC ratings of nursing and medical students did not differ from those of practitioners. Finally, it appeared that interprofessional education interventions were able to reduce the difference in IPC between nurses and physicians.
authors.affiliation: AOU Parma , Parma , Italy .
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sollami
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Caricati
authors.forename: Leopoldo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sarli
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D010465:Perception; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D013337:Students, Medical; D013338:Students, Nursing
keywords: Interprofessional collaboration; meta-analysis; nurse; physician