Construction and validity of the Interprofessional Communication in Health Scale
Cláudia Patrícia da Costa Brás,
Manuela Maria Conceição Ferreira,
Maria do Céu Aguiar Barbieri de Figueiredo
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 “Leader… Show more
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