[Emotional climate in health professional teams in Andalusia]

The emotional climate in the health care environment is one of the main factors that affect professional duties and quality of care. The aim of this research is to analyse the emotional climate in health work teams, relating it with the number of members in each group.

A cross-sectional, descriptive, and observational study with 212 professionals from 17 health centres. They were given a Likert scale questionnaire and the results were analysed using SPSS program, comparing the mean, standard deviation and Anova test.

There was no linear relationship between group size and emotional climate. Using "group size" as a qualitative variable, significant results appear: Small groups (<8 persons) scored 18.3 points on the Emotional Climate Scale (-50,+50 scale). Personal recognition received 5.3 points (-15,+15 scale), interpersonal relationships 6.0 points (-15,+15 scale) and shared projects 6.9 points (-15,+15 scale). Medium groups (8-12 persons) had a better evaluation (23.7 points for the general scale and 7.9, 6.4 and 9.3 for the scale dimensions). Large groups (>12 persons) registered the best results (26.4 points for the general scale and 9.0, 9.2 and 11.5 points for the scale dimensions).

Team size directly influences emotional climate: larger groups lead to better emotional climate.