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Table 3 Quantitative scales

From: Practitioners' validation of framework of team-oriented practice models in integrative health care: a mixed methods study

Framework construct Survey scale

Description

Cronbach's α for this paper

Philosophy

  

   Believes in benefits of interprofessional collaboration

Extent to which practitioners surveyed see strengths in multidisciplinary collaboration, both from a patient and practitioner' perspective (5 items) [19]

0.882

   Knowledge of each other's healing approach*

Respondent's openness and awareness to working with professionals of a different healthcare paradigm - combination of items from [20] and qualitative work of (Gaboury, 2009). (3 items)

0.824

Structure

  

   Trust

Extent to which an individual is willing to trust and have confidence in the words and actions of his colleagues (5 items) [21]

0.911

Process

  

   Knowledge exchange

Respondent's perception of the extent to which knowledge is shared between the individuals of a given environment using the Knowledge donating (KD) and Knowledge collecting (KC) sub-scales (8 items) [22].

0.815 (KD)

0.751 (KC)

   Physician centrality

Level of acceptance of sharing of authority and leadership among the members of the team (6 items) [23]

0.682

   Conflict associated with interprofessional collaboration

Extent to which issues related to interdisciplinary collaboration (such as competition and sharing of responsibilities) could lead to conflicts within a healthcare clinic (8 items) [19]

0.886

Outputs

  

   Satisfaction

Overall satisfaction with work via a 3-item scale [24]

0.713

   Personal growth

Respondent's perception of the opportunities for achievement and challenge in their working milieu (4 items) [25]

0.792

   Intention to leave in the following year

3-item scale created by Bishop and colleagues [26]

0.787

  1. * Resulting scale not formally validated.