Table 3.
Estimates of fixed effects for the outcome of posttest formal team communications score
| Fixed effectsa | Level | Estimate (standard error) | P | 95% confidence interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Baseline formal team communications score | Continuous | 0.24 (0.10) | 0.02* | 0.03 to 0.44 |
| 2. Study arm | Basic-assisted feedback | 0.11 (0.07) | 0.14 | − 0.04 to 0.25 |
| Enhanced-assisted feedback | Reference | . | ||
| 3. Number of workshops attended | 2 | . | ||
| 3 | . | |||
| 4. Continuity of representation at workshops | No | 0.02 (0.08) | 0.76 | − 0.14 to 0.19 |
| Yes | Reference | . | ||
| 5. Interteam activities delivered (workshop 2) | No | − 0.09 (0.08) | 0.30 | − 0.26 to 0.08 |
| Missing | . | |||
| Yes | Reference | . | ||
| 6. Interteam activities delivered (workshop 3) | No | − 0.01 (0.10) | 0.95 | − 0.20 to 0.19 |
| Missing | 0.09 (0.16) | 0.58 | − 0.23 to 0.42 | |
| Yes | Reference | . | ||
| 7. Relevance of 1st workshop content: | Agree | − 0.16 (0.08) | 0.04* | − 0.31 to − 0.01 |
| Strongly Agree | Reference | . | ||
| 8. Team defined an appropriate goal at close of workshop 1 | No | 0.18 (0.14) | 0.21 | − 0.10 to 0.46 |
| Missing | 0.03 (0.10) | 0.78 | − 0.17 to 0.23 | |
| Yes | Reference | . | ||
| 9. Team defined strategies for goal attainment at close of workshop 1 | No | 0.14 (0.23) | 0.55 | − 0.32 to 0.60 |
| Missing | . | |||
| Yes | Reference | . | ||
| 10. Team defined measures for tracking goal progress at close of workshop 1 | No | − 0.20 (0.15) | 0.17 | − 0.49 to 0.09 |
| Missing | . | |||
| Yes | Reference | . | ||
| 11. Team measured impact of changes designed to improve formal team communications at workshop two | No | − 0.34 (0.14) | 0.02* | − 0.62 to − 0.07 |
| Missing | Reference | . | ||
| Yes | − 0.27 (0.13) | 0.04* | − 0.52 to − 0.01 | |
| 12. Average h/week manager spent planning INFORM activities: | < 1 h per week | − 0.01 (0.10) | 0.91 | − 0.22 to 0.20 |
| 1–2 h per week | − 0.06 (0.10) | 0.52 | − 0.26 to 0.13 | |
| Missing | 0.01 (0.15) | 0.93 | − 0.29 to 0.32 | |
| ≥ 3 h per week | Reference | . |
aThe variable % of teams that completed preworkshop 1 exercise was excluded from the mixed model due to very low variance—see Table 2
Note: Level = “Missing” refers to the group of teams that were absent from the workshop at which those variables were measured
*Significant, P<0.05