Table 2 Health worker's responses to the 14 items of the Attitudes Toward Health Care Team Scale

1

The team approach permits health professionals to meet the needs of family caregivers as well as patients

0.67

1.34

20.81

26.17

51.01

2

Working on a team keeps most health professionals enthusiastic and interested in their jobs

0.66

0.66

16.56

24.17

57.95

3

Having to report observations to the team helps team members better understand the work of other health professionals

0.67

1.01

15.44

26.51

56.38

4

The team approach makes the delivery of care more efficient

1.01

1.35

5.39

17.85

74.41

5

The team approach improves the quality of care to patients

1.66

0.66

2.66

15.95

79.07

6

Patients receiving team care are more likely than other patients to be treated as whole persons

4.35

3.01

21.07

25.42

46.15

7

The give and take among team members helps them make better patient care decisions

6.00

3.67

24.00

19.00

47.33

8

Hospital patients who receive team care are better prepared for discharge than other patients

2.33

3.33

16.33

24.67

53.33

9

In most instances, the time required for team meetings could be better spent in other ways^a

27.67

18.67

37.00

8.33

8.33

10

Developing a patient care plan with other team members avoids errors in delivering care

1.33

1.33

12.29

25.25

59.80

11

Team meetings foster communication among team members from different disciplines

1.66

0.99

4.64

17.88

74.83

12

Health professionals working on teams are more responsive than others to the emotional and financial needs of patients

6.67

2.33

31.67

28.67

30.67

13

Working in teams unnecessarily complicates things most of the time^a

55.63

18.87

14.24

4.64

6.62

14

Developing an interdisciplinary patient care plan is excessively time-consuming^a

14.81

14.48

43.10

16.84

10.77