A pre-post test evaluation of the impact of the PELICAN MDT-TME Development Programme on the working lives of colorectal cancer team members

Taylor, Cath; Sippitt, Joanna M; Collins, Gary; McManus, Chris; Richardson, Alison; Dawson, Jeremy; Richards, Michael; Ramirez, Amanda J

doi:10.1186/1472-6963-10-187

Table 3 Impact of participation in the MDT-TME Development Programme on job stress and job satisfaction by professional group

From: A pre-post test evaluation of the impact of the PELICAN MDT-TME Development Programme on the working lives of colorectal cancer team members

	*Surgeon*		*Oncologist*		*Radiologist*		*Histo-pathologist*		*Clinical Nurse Specialist*		*MDT coordinator*		*Change between pre- and post-course scores according to professional group (p)*
	*pre*	*post*	*pre*	*post*	*pre*	*post*	*pre*	*post*	*pre*	*post*	*pre*	*post*
	*Mean scores*
Total job stress	40	39	38	36	40	37	39	39	37	34	25	23	0.50
Sources of job stress: *all team members*
Feeling overloaded with work and impact on home-life	51	50	46	42	53	49	52	53	44	40	34	32	0.58
Service configuration and lack of resources	45	44	44	40	45	41	46	46	38	37	32	29	0.76
Concern about making clinical mistakes and its consequences	34	33	22	24	41	37	49	45	31	28	14	9	0.52
Changes to the way you do your job	27	27	33	30	38	35	44	40	37	33	10	12	0.42
Being unable to provide best quality care to patients	41	38	43	42	21	17	10	9	27	25	7	7	0.83
Having difficulties in relationships with people you work with	27	27	26	25	29	23	23	24	31	25	25	21	0.15
Sources of job stress: *team members who provide direct* patient care*
Dealing with angry or blaming patients/relatives	44	40	55	44	-	-	-	-	48	39	-	-	0.21
Having distressed patients	31	30	28	31	-	-	-	-	43	36	-	-	0.01⁺
Total job satisfaction	67	65	64	63	62	56	56	55	69	66	41	40	0.39
Sources of job satisfaction: *all team members*
Working in a multidisciplinary team	74	72	70	69	73	66	71	71	69	70	50	50	0.21
Providing better care from working in a multidisciplinary team	72	68	69	67	68	66	66	69	77	74	48	50	0.66
Having good relationships with colleagues beyond multidisciplinary team members	67	68	70	72	68	62	55	52	72	70	57	56	0.16
Nature of job	66	63	57	57	59	53	54	52	64	60	30	28	0.25
Aspects of the wider organisation	46	44	46	44	45	40	42	40	50	45	37	36	0.57
Sources of job satisfaction: *team members who provide direct* patient care*
Having good relationships with patients	83	80	82	79	-	-	-	-	86	84	-	-	0.97
Providing quality care to patients	74	72	72	70	-	-	-	-	83	79	-	-	0.50

*completed by surgeons, oncologists and clinical nurse specialists only
+ estimated difference: CNS -7; 95% CI -11 to -3, p < 0.001; surgeons -1, 95% CI -5 to 2, p = 0.5; oncologists +3, 95% CI -3 to +9, p = 0.3

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