The Swedish Version of the TeamSTEPPS^® Teamwork Perceptions Questionnaire (T-TPQ): A Validation Study

Area of Science:

• Healthcare quality and safety
• Health professions education
• Teamwork and collaboration in medicine

Background:

• Effective healthcare delivery relies on collaboration among professionals.
• Teamwork is crucial for patient safety, but often suboptimal in hospitals.
• Measuring teamwork can identify areas for improvement in healthcare settings.

Purpose of the Study:

• To assess the reliability and construct validity of the Swedish version of the TeamSTEPPS® Teamwork Perceptions Questionnaire (T-TPQ).
• To evaluate the T-TPQ's suitability for measuring teamwork in a Swedish healthcare context.

Main Methods:

• A confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the factor structure of the Swedish T-TPQ.
• Internal consistency was measured using Cronbach's alpha.
• 450 frontline healthcare professionals from four hospitals participated.

Main Results:

• The hypothesized five-factor model demonstrated acceptable goodness-of-fit.
• The overall T-TPQ achieved a Cronbach's alpha of 0.94.
• Individual dimension Cronbach's alpha coefficients ranged from 0.79 to 0.92.

Conclusions:

• The Swedish T-TPQ is a reliable and valid tool for assessing healthcare professionals' teamwork perceptions at the group level.
• Further research is recommended to validate the Swedish T-TPQ, considering the low response rate.