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Table 3 Associations between perceptions of team characteristics (prerequisites for team and team effects) and type of teamwork among professionals within Child Healthcare Services

From: Healthcare professionals’ perceptions about interprofessional teamwork: a national survey within Swedish child healthcare services

Prerequisites for team

 

Shared goals

Equality

Efficiency organization

Continuity

Type of teamworkb

(%)

AORa

p-value

(%)

AORa

p-value

(%)

AORa

p-value

(%)

AORa

p-value

Team-based visits

 No

(86.4)

Ref

 

(60.8)

Ref

 

(43.8)

Ref

 

(71.6)

Ref

 

 Yes

(94.8)

2.0 (1.1–3.7)

.03

(83.7)

2.0 (1.3–3.1)

.001

(73.1)

2.6 (1.8–3.8)

<.001

(81.6)

1.4 (0.9–2.2)

.11

Consultations

 No

(93.8)

Ref

 

(81.7)

Ref

 

(76.8)

Ref

 

(80.8)

Ref

 

 Yes

(93.3)

1.1 (0.6–2.1)

.80

(79.6)

1.2 (0.8–1.8)

.42

(66.2)

0.7 (0.5–1.0)

.08

(79.8)

1.0 (0.7–1.6)

.84

Parental groups

 No

(92.8)

Ref

 

(80.9)

Ref

 

(66.9)

Ref

 

(78.3)

Ref

 

 Yes

(94.3)

1.5 (0.9–2.5)

.17

(78.8)

0.8 (0.6–1.2)

.67

(70.3)

1.3 (1.0–1.8)

.08

(82.2)

1.5 (1.1–2.1)

.01

Team meetings

 No

(94.0)

Ref

 

(83.6)

Ref

 

(75.4)

Ref

 

(82.2)

Ref

 

 Yes

(93.1)

1.4 (0.8–2.6)

.30

(78.2)

1.2 (0.8–1.8)

.28

(64.9)

0.8 (0.6–1.2)

.24

(78.9)

1.0 (0.7–1.5)

.83

Team effects

 

Fulfilled goals

Expertise

High quality

Meet needs of the child

Type of teamworkb

(%)

AORa

p-value

(%)

AORa

p-value

(%)

AORa

p-value

(%)

AORa

p-value

Team-based visits

 No

(68.2)

Ref

<.001

(68.2)

Ref

.001

(83.0)

Ref

.008

(79.0)

Ref

.003

 Yes

(85.7)

2.3 (1.5–3.6)

 

(80.7)

2.0 (1.3–3.1)

 

(92.2)

2.1 (1.2–3.6)

 

(90.5)

2.1 (1.3–3.5)

 

Consultations

 No

(85.3)

Ref

.69

(78.6)

Ref

.42

(92.4)

Ref

.65

(88.4)

Ref

.58

 Yes

(82.3)

0.9 (0.6–1.4)

 

(78.8)

1.2 (0.8–1.8)

 

(90.2)

0.9 (0.5–1.6)

 

(88.7)

1.2 (0.7–1.9)

 

Parental groups

 No

(81.2)

Ref

.03

(79.3)

Ref

.74

(90.4)

Ref

.26

(87.0)

Ref

.02

 Yes

(85.2)

1.5 (1.0–2.1)

 

(78.0)

0.9 (0.7–1.3)

 

(91.1)

1.3 (0.8–2.0)

 

(90.9)

1.7 (1.1–2.6)

 

Team meetings

 No

(85.2)

Ref

.88

(80.9)

Ref

.95

(91.8)

Ref

.42

(89.6)

Ref

.75

 Yes

(81.8)

1.0 (0.7–1.6)

 

(77.6)

1.0 (0.7–1.5)

 

(90.1)

1.2 (0.7–2.1)

 

(88.2)

1.1 (0.7–1.8)

 
  1. aAdjusted Odds Ratio (AOR)
  2. bAdjusted for sex, profession and all other types of teamwork