Construction and validity of the Interprofessional Communication in Health Scale

ABSTRACT Objectives: to construct and validate the Interprofessional Communication Scale in Health. Methods: a psychometric study was carried out on a sample of 360 nurses from a hospital and university center in central Portugal. Reliability was assessed through internal consistency and construct v...

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Main Authors: Cláudia Patrícia da Costa Brás (Author), Manuela Maria Conceição Ferreira (Author), Maria do Céu Aguiar Barbieri de Figueiredo (Author)
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Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:ABSTRACT Objectives: to construct and validate the Interprofessional Communication Scale in Health. Methods: a psychometric study was carried out on a sample of 360 nurses from a hospital and university center in central Portugal. Reliability was assessed through internal consistency and construct validity through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Results: the Interprofessional Communication in Health Scale, consisting of 27 items, is organized into 3 factors: "Teamwork", "Conflict management" and "Leadership", with a total variance of 51.1%. Good internal consistency was obtained, with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.842, and adequate Goodness of Fit Index model. Conclusions: the Interprofessional Communication in Health Scale presents a factorial structure with adequate validity and reliability results, and may constitute a useful self-report instrument in assessing interprofessional communication in health.
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10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0483