How Much Dialogic Coordination Practices Matter to Healthcare Professionals—A Delphi Approach towards a Tool for Identification and Measurement

The study of coordination practices in health policy is a central aspect. The need for further research has been recently highlighted because of COVID-19. In this sense, dialogic practices (DP) have been identified but not validated yet. The purpose of this study is to develop and validate a DP ques...

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Published in:Healthcare (Basel) 2023-11, Vol.11 (22), p.2961
Main Authors: Santos-Cebrián, Mónica, Morales-Moya, Miguel-Ángel, De-Pablos-Heredero, Carmen, Pacheco-Olivares, María-del-Rosario
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case studies
Comparative studies
content validation
COVID-19
dialogic coordination practices (DP)
Evaluation
fast-response organisations
Health care industry
Health care teams
health policy
health teamwork
Hospitals
Identification and classification
Management
Measurement
Medical cooperation
Medical personnel
Medical policy
Methods
Pandemics
Professionals
relational coordination (RC)
Teams
Teamwork
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Summary:The study of coordination practices in health policy is a central aspect. The need for further research has been recently highlighted because of COVID-19. In this sense, dialogic practices (DP) have been identified but not validated yet. The purpose of this study is to develop and validate a DP questionnaire for healthcare teams. Items were identified based on a literature review, and the content validation was carried out by means of a Delphi study. A total of 10 experts assessed the clarity and appropriateness of the items and their corresponding measurement scales. After two rounds, a high level of consensus was reached, with agreement of 90% or higher on all items, and a high degree of stability and concordance in the results. This study resulted in a questionnaire consisting of four items, one for each identified DP initially proposed to the experts, as no other practices were revealed. From a practical perspective, the validation of these items constitutes a methodological innovation that responds to the call in the literature to open new avenues for comparative studies, and the possibility of generalising the findings and bringing together different approaches to the problem of coordination, which is key in health policy where unforeseen situations emerge.
ISSN:2227-9032
2227-9032
DOI:10.3390/healthcare11222961