Intensity of interprofessional collaboration among intensive care nurses at a tertiary hospital

Intensity of Interprofessional Collaboration and related factors in Intensive Care Units. A descriptive cross-sectional study with an analytical approach

OBJECTIVE

To determine the Intensity of Collaboration between the intensive care professionals of a third level hospital.

METHOD

Descriptive cross-sectional study with an analytical approach.

SETTING

6 intensive care units of a third level hospital.

SAMPLE

nurses and doctors. Consecutive type non-probabilistic sampling.

DATA COLLECTION

sociodemographic, economic, motivation and professional satisfaction variables, and the intensity of collaboration using the "Scale of Intensity of Interprofessional Collaboration in Health."

RESULTS

A total of 102 health professionals (91 nurses and 11 doctors) were included. The mean overall Intensity of Collaboration (IoC) was moderate. Men showed higher scores in all factors (p<.05). The IoC global score was higher in the group of professionals with ≤10 years of experience (p=.043) and those who were highly satisfied with the profession (p=.037). Physicians presented higher scores in the global IdC (p=.037) and in the Collaboration mean (p=.020) independently in the multivariate models. A negative linear relationship (rho: -0,202, p=.042) was observed between age and the overall IoC score. Professionals aged ≤30years reported a higher perception of Shared Activities (p=.031). Negative linear relationships were observed between years of experience and total IoC score (rho: -0,202, p=.042) and patients' Perception score (rho: -0.241, p=0.015). The research activity also showed to be a variable related to a greater degree of Collaboration at a global level and in some of the factors (p<.05). The scale of IoC obtained a Cronbach's α of 0,9.

CONCLUSIONS

The intensity of interprofessional collaboration in ICUs is moderate. Professionals with experience of ≤10 years, a higher level of satisfaction and participation in research activities show a greater intensity of collaboration. Doctors perceive collaboration more intensely than nurses. All factors contribute equally to the internal consistency of the questionnaire.

Dataset on nurses' perception and practice of inter-professional collaboration at Muhammadiyah hospitals, Indonesia

This article focused on presenting data collection of nurses' perceptions and practices of interprofessional collaboration at Muhammadiyah hospitals in Six regions in East Java, (Surabaya, Gersik, Lamongan, Sidoarjo, Banyuwangi, and Bojonegoro) Indonesia. The survey was conducted on nurses’ perceptions and practices towards interprofessional education in hospitals. The survey was conducted using a structured questionnaire administered to 312 nurses at Muhammadiyah hospitals in East Java province which was the second largest population after West Java province and the province with the highest number of Muhammadiyah hospitals in Indonesia. The survey involved nurses working at these hospitals and was conducted from June to December 2019. The questionnaire was used for data collection consisted of 24 questions on perception of inter-professional collaboration, and 21 questions on inter-professional collaborative practices using a Likert scale measure. The data were analyzed using quantitative descriptive statistical analysis.