Verification of a Sense of Community Scale for Hospitals in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction/objectives

We aimed to verify whether a sense of community scale developed for hospital wards can be applied to hospitals.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire between July and October 2018 in 3 hospitals in Japan. The subjects were staff members working in these hospitals who provide direct medical or administrative services to patients and their families. The questionnaire inquired about the participants' basic attributes and workplace satisfaction, and included the sense of community scale and the Japanese version of the Assessment of Interprofessional Team Collaboration Scale-II. We evaluated the scale's structural validity, internal consistency, and hypothesis testing for construct validity.

Results

Of

SUBMITTER: Goto R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9218502 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature