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Table 2 Participant characteristics and unadjusted associations with interprofessional collaboration-IPC

From: Variables associated with interprofessional collaboration: a comparison between primary healthcare and specialized mental health teams

 

MH Primary Care Teams (PCTs) (N = 101)

MH Specialized Service Teams (SSTs) (N = 214)

Distribution

Bivariate analyses

Distribution

Bivariate analyses

Blocks

Variables

n/Mean

%/SD

Beta*

P

n/Mean

%/SD

Beta*

P

Dependent variable

IPC (Mean/SD)

8.02

3.75

  

19.93

3.75

  

1. Individual Characteristics

Age (Mean/SD)

41.71

10.56

−.299

.002

44.07

10.38

−.125

.069

Gender (n/%)

Female

79

78.2

  

140

65.4

  

Male

22

21.8

  

74

34.6

  

Seniority in the team (Mean/SD)

2.25

3.07

  

3.44

5.56

  

Belief in the benefits of IPC scorea (Mean/SD)

5.99

0.82

.445

< .001

6.35

.65

.238

< .001

2. Interactional Characteristics

Knowledge sharing scorea (Mean/SD)

5.51

0.97

.556

< .001

5.83

.85

.330

< .001

Knowledge integration scorea (Mean/SD)

3.91

0.99

.709

< .001

4.41

1.16

.609

< .001

Affective commitment toward the team scorea (Mean/SD)

4.43

1.19

.462

< .001

5.06

1.20

.470

< .001

Participation in decision-making scorea (Mean/SD)

4.44

1.45

.455

< .001

5.28

1.24

.408

< .001

Mutual trust scorea

5.13

1.05

.204

.004

5.23

1.21

.519

< .001

Team climate scoreb (Mean/SD)

19.45

3.03

.676

< .001

20.92

3.48

.686

< .001

Team conflict scorea (Mean/SD)

3.39

1.79

−.128

.202

9.23

3.29

−.356

< .001

Team autonomy scorea (Mean/SD)

4.48

1.29

.162

.0106

5.12

1.12

0322

< .001

3. Structural Characteristics

Team size (Mean/SD)

7.02

2.32

  

8.44

3.85

  

Organizational Support scoreb (Mean/SD)

4.61

1.23

.342

< .001

4.95

1.13

.0449

< .001

4. Professional Role Characteristics

Type of profession (n/%)

Medical professions

16

15.8

  

93

43.5

  

Psychosocial professions

77

76.2

  

95

44.4

  

General Professions

8

7.9

  

26

12.1

  

Multifocal identification scorea (Mean/SD)

20.22

2.54

.517

< .001

20.97

2.61

.461

< .001

  1. a Mean score (1 to 7 for each variable); min: 1, max: 7; higher = positive b Mean score (1 to 7 for 4 dimensions); min: 4, max: 28; lower = positive
  2. Beta*: Standardized coefficients Beta