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Relations between mental health team characteristics and work role performance
Marie-Josée Fleury1,2, Guy Grenier2, Jean-Marie Bamvita2
1Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Plos One
|October 10, 2017
Summary
Standardized procedures and evaluation tools significantly improve mental health team performance. Manager seniority also plays a role, while network integration strategies show indirect benefits for effective mental healthcare delivery.
Area of Science:
- Mental Health Services Research
- Healthcare Management
- Team Dynamics
Background:
- Effective mental healthcare relies on high-performing interprofessional teams.
- Understanding factors influencing team effectiveness is crucial for optimizing patient care.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify variables associated with work role performance in mental health teams.
- To assess the covariance and correlations between these variables using structural equation modeling.
Main Methods:
- Exploratory study of 79 mental health teams in Quebec, Canada.
- Utilized an adapted work role questionnaire to measure performance.
- Employed structural equation modeling to analyze relationships between variables.
Main Results:
- Frequent use of standardized procedures and evaluation tools had the most direct positive effect on work role performance.
- Team manager seniority also directly impacted performance.
- Network integration strategies showed less direct effect but high covariance with performance-influencing variables.
Conclusions:
- Implementing standardized procedures and evaluation tools is recommended to enhance mental health team work role performance.
- Clinical approaches have a lesser, but still beneficial, impact.
- Systematic implementation of network integration strategies can indirectly improve performance.