Evidence of reliability and validity of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Jefferson Scale of Attitudes Toward Interprofessional Collaboration

ABSTRACT

Interprofessional collaboration leads to better health outcomes. Measuring attitudes related to interprofessional collaboration is not a simple task, and in Brazil, there are few instruments for this evaluation. This study aimed to evaluate the evidence of validity and reliability of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Jefferson Scale of Attitudes Toward Interprofessional Collaboration in a population of undergraduate healthcare students. It included 108 undergraduates from medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, dentistry, pharmacy, psychology, and physical education academic programmes. The median age was 22 (18 and 58) and 75% were females. The scale comprises 20 items divided into two domains: working relationships, consisting of 12 items, and accountability, consisting of 8 items. The instrument showed good reliability (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.77, 95% CI 0.71–0.83) and no item was considered inconsistent in improving the scale significantly. The scale demonstrated good evidence of validity and reliability for application among a population of Brazilian healthcare students.

KEYWORDS:

• Interdisciplinary placement
• interprofessional education
• validation study
• health occupations students

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Data were available as complementary material.

Supplementary data

Supplemental data for this article can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2024.2375636

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Notes on contributors

Cláudia Camargo de Carvalho Vormittag

Claúdia C. de C. Vormittag is a Paediatrician specialising in Allergy and Immunology. MSc in Health Education from the Faculdade Israelita de Ciências da Saúde Albert Einstein, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. Professor of medicine at the Centro Universitário das Faculdades Associadas de Ensino - FAE.

Thomaz Bittencourt Couto

Thomaz Bittencourt Couto is an Emergency Paediatrician. MSc and Ph.D. in Sciences from the Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo. MBA in Health Management from the Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. Professor of medicine at the Faculdade Israelita de Ciências da Saúde Albert Einstein, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. Physician at the Center for Realistic Simulation at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. Assistant Physician at the Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente Emergency Department, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo. Certified as an Advanced Educator in Healthcare Simulation by the Healthcare Simulation Society (CHSE-A).