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. 2020 Jan 8;21:4. doi: 10.1186/s12875-019-1076-7

Table 2.

Participant characteristics and unadjusted associations with interprofessional collaboration-IPC

MH Primary Care Teams (PCTs) (N = 101) MH Specialized Service Teams (SSTs) (N = 214)
Distribution Bivariate analyses Distribution Bivariate analyses
Blocks Variables n/Mean %/SD Beta* P n/Mean %/SD Beta* P
Dependent variable IPC (Mean/SD) 8.02 3.75 19.93 3.75
1. Individual Characteristics Age (Mean/SD) 41.71 10.56 −.299 .002 44.07 10.38 −.125 .069
Gender (n/%)
Female 79 78.2 140 65.4
Male 22 21.8 74 34.6
Seniority in the team (Mean/SD) 2.25 3.07 3.44 5.56
Belief in the benefits of IPC scorea (Mean/SD) 5.99 0.82 .445 < .001 6.35 .65 .238 < .001
2. Interactional Characteristics Knowledge sharing scorea (Mean/SD) 5.51 0.97 .556 < .001 5.83 .85 .330 < .001
Knowledge integration scorea (Mean/SD) 3.91 0.99 .709 < .001 4.41 1.16 .609 < .001
Affective commitment toward the team scorea (Mean/SD) 4.43 1.19 .462 < .001 5.06 1.20 .470 < .001
Participation in decision-making scorea (Mean/SD) 4.44 1.45 .455 < .001 5.28 1.24 .408 < .001
Mutual trust scorea 5.13 1.05 .204 .004 5.23 1.21 .519 < .001
Team climate scoreb (Mean/SD) 19.45 3.03 .676 < .001 20.92 3.48 .686 < .001
Team conflict scorea (Mean/SD) 3.39 1.79 −.128 .202 9.23 3.29 −.356 < .001
Team autonomy scorea (Mean/SD) 4.48 1.29 .162 .0106 5.12 1.12 0322 < .001
3. Structural Characteristics Team size (Mean/SD) 7.02 2.32 8.44 3.85
Organizational Support scoreb (Mean/SD) 4.61 1.23 .342 < .001 4.95 1.13 .0449 < .001
4. Professional Role Characteristics Type of profession (n/%)
Medical professions 16 15.8 93 43.5
Psychosocial professions 77 76.2 95 44.4
General Professions 8 7.9 26 12.1
Multifocal identification scorea (Mean/SD) 20.22 2.54 .517 < .001 20.97 2.61 .461 < .001

a Mean score (1 to 7 for each variable); min: 1, max: 7; higher = positive b Mean score (1 to 7 for 4 dimensions); min: 4, max: 28; lower = positive

Beta*: Standardized coefficients Beta