Development of a Japanese version of the Self-assessment Scale of Interprofessional Competency (JASSIC)

Figures & data

Figure 1. Flow chart of the development and validity process.

Table 1. Attributes of the five healthcare professionals involved in cognitive debriefing from June to August 2019.

Age (years)	36	34	33	32	40
Gender	F ^a	M ^a	M ^a	F ^a	F ^a
Profession	Family Physician	Occupational Therapist	Pharmacist	Social Worker	Visiting nurse
Length of career (years)	12	12	7	10	18
Working facility	Clinic and university hospital	Home visiting rehabilitation in community hospital	Drug store	Social welfare council	Home nursing station
Duration of debriefing (min)	30	25	30	35	20
a. F: Female, M: Male

Table 2. Attributes of healthcare professional participants using JASSIC Ver. 3 in Hospital X in November 2019 and JASSIC Ver 4. in Hospital Y from January to February, 2020.

			Hospital X (n = 139)		Hospital Y (n = 153)
Age (years) ^a		39.1 ± 11.0		41.5 ± 11.1
Gender ^b	F ^c	115 (82.7)		115 (75.2)
	N/A ^d	2 (1.4)		0 (0)
Profession ^b	Doctor	7 (5.0)		7 (4.6)
	Nurse	88 (63.3)		98 (64.1)
	Pharmacist	7 (5.0)		6 (3.9)
	Rehabilitation therapist	5 (3.6)		14 (9.2)
	Radiologist	6 (4.3)		7 (4.6)
	Clinical technologist	8 (5.8)		11 (7.2)
	Social worker	2 (1.4)		0 (0)
	Other	11 (7.9)		10 (6.5)
	N/A ^d	5 (3.6)		0 (0)
Years of experience as professionals (years) ^a		14.3 ± 10.2		17.4 ± 10.6
Years of experience at their institution (years) ^a		7.2 ± 7.6		9.5 ± 7.9
Total score of JASSIC final version ^a		N/A^d		62.8 ± 9.9
Total score of the AITCS-II^a		72.1 ± 17.3		72.4 ± 15.5
a. Average ± Standard deviation	b. Number (%)	c. F: Female		d. Not applicable

Table 3. Exploratory factor analysis of JASSIC final version* with 18 items in Hospital Y from January to February 2020.

Item	Factor loading
	Factor 1^a	Factor 2^b	Factor 3 ^c	Factor 4^d	Factor 5^e	Factor 6 ^f
2. I regularly convey the concept of values and concerns of patients and clients as well as their families to multi-healthcare professionals.	0.91	0.13	−0.12	−0.09	0.03	0.03
3. I discuss the goals of therapeutic interventions and healthcare focused on patients, clients, and their families with multi-healthcare professionals.	1.01	−0.13	0.03	0.00	−0.04	0.05
4. I share what I have communicated to patients, clients, and their families with multi-healthcare professionals involved in therapeutic interventions and healthcare.	0.97	−0.06	0.01	0.09	−0.02	−0.06
5. I regularly convey information that I have come to acquire to multi-healthcare professionals.	0.33	0.47	0.12	−0.04	0.14	−0.10
7. When I answer and ask questions with patients, clients, and their families, I pay due respect to multi-healthcare professionals for their roles and opinions (including non-verbal communication).	−0.01	0.90	−0.05	0.04	−0.03	0.06
8. I explain my own views and opinions in terms clearly understandable to other professionals.	0.03	0.75	0.13	0.04	0.01	−0.06
9. I convey my general knowledge and concept of values to other professionals.	0.25	0.25	0.42	0.03	−0.15	0.12
11. I fulfill my responsibility among multi-healthcare professionals in the care of patients and clients.	0.04	0.01	0.82	0.04	0.08	−0.13
12. I fill the role and functions requested of me by multi-healthcare professionals.	−0.07	−0.01	1.04	−0.06	−0.02	0.04
14. I have an equal relationship with multi-healthcare professionals.	0.00	0.19	−0.19	0.77	0.09	−0.07
15. I feel I am growing together with multi-healthcare professionals.	0.05	−0.18	0.08	0.84	0.07	−0.01
16. I am careful about not causing situations of interpersonal conflict with multi-healthcare professionals.	−0.06	0.10	0.09	0.72	−0.15	0.11
17. I understand the role and functions expected of me by multi-healthcare professionals.	−0.02	−0.12	0.11	0.16	0.46	0.28
19. I understand the role and functions I am to perform at the facility where I serve as a staff member.	−0.02	0.01	−0.03	0.00	1.06	−0.07
20. I understand that my actions may affect other professionals.	0.00	0.01	0.06	0.04	0.58	0.27
21. I understand the role and functions of other professionals at the facility where I serve as a staff member.	0.04	0.08	0.01	−0.10	0.39	0.48
22. I understand the concept of values that other professionals tend to have.	−0.02	−0.04	0.03	−0.01	−0.03	0.79
23. I understand the work environment in which other professionals operate.	0.02	0.04	−0.11	0.03	−0.11	0.93
Eigenvalue	8.06	0.65	1.39	1.19	0.67	2.87
Percent variance explained	44.8	3.6	7.7	6.6	3.7	15.9
Cronbach’s alpha = 0.924 (All items)	0.95	0.88	0.87	0.84	0.9	0.81

*Factors were divided into 6 domains based on the Interprofessional Competency in Japan.

a: Patient-/Client-/Family-/Community-Centered, b: Interprofessional Communication, c: Role Contribution, d: Facilitation Relationship, e: Reflection, f: Understanding for Others

Figure 2. Confirmatory factor analysis of JASSIC final version with 18 items in Hospital Y from January to February 2020.

Data availability statement

The data presented in this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to ethical considerations