Abstract
This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Introduction: Several countries have developed interprofessional competency frameworks for interprofessional collaboration (IPC) that have the potential to improve healthcare processes and outcomes. However, there is no consensus on the assessment of IPC in clinical practice. The Assessment of Interprofessional Team Collaboration Scale-II (AITCS-II) is a validated questionnaire used to measure IPC among team members. Methods: We translated the original AITCS into Japanese according to the Guidelines for the Process of Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Self-Report Measures and verified its reliability and cultural adaptability. Healthcare staff at a hospital and welfare facilities with multiple departments were asked to complete the Japanese version of the AITCS. Results: The data of 558 responses were analyzed. Factor analysis of the Japanese version of the AITCS-II identified two factors: "Patient-centered collaborative care" and "Teamwork among healthcare professionals" with a Cronbach's α > 0.7 for all items and subscales. Discussion: The identified factors differed from those in the original questionnaire, which may be warranted considering the differences in the relationship between patients and healthcare professionals in Japan compared to Western countries. The Japanese version of the AITCS-II (J-AITCS-II) is a reliable and valid questionnaire, and further research should confirm its robustness and usefulness for improving IPC.
Highlights
Several countries have developed interprofessional competency frameworks for interprofessional collaboration (IPC) that have the potential to improve healthcare processes and outcomes
We translated the AITCS-II into Japanese using a reliable procedure and verified its content validity, reliability and internal consistency
Two factors were extracted in the exploratory factor analysis, and the grouping of items differed from that in the original questionnaire
Summary
Several countries have developed interprofessional competency frameworks for interprofessional collaboration (IPC) that have the potential to improve healthcare processes and outcomes. Social issues such as susceptibility to disease or risk of developing a severe condition due to poverty, and physical and psychosocial problems such as abuse and violence related to lack of social support (World Health Organization, 2003) are increasing. Such complicated relationships between social determinant factors and disease are making it difficult to provide healthcare services. WHO refers to interprofessional collaboration (IPC) as follows: "Collaborative practice in health-care occurs when multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds provide comprehensive services by working with patients, their families, and carers" (World Health Organization, 2010). To ensure smooth IPC, medical professionals must be provided with opportunities to mutually learn from each other and from people in different specialized fields (World Health Organization, 2010)
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