Organizational Assessment in Intensive Care Units (ICUs): Construct Development, Reliability, and Validity of the ICU Nurse-Physician Questionnaire

Health Services Research has a growing need for reliable and valid measures of managerial practices and organizational processes. A national study of 42 intensive care units involving over 1,700 respondents provides evidence for the reliability and validity of a comprehensive set of measures related...

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Published in:Medical care 1991-08, Vol.29 (8), p.709-726
Main Authors: Shortell, Stephen M., Rousseau, Denise M., Gillies, Robin R., Devers, Kelly J., Simons, Tony L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis of Variance
Communication
Decision Making, Organizational
Family members
Health care organizations
Health Services Research - methods
Humans
Intensive care units
Intensive Care Units - organization & administration
Leadership
Medical practice
Medical Staff, Hospital
Nurses
Nursing Staff, Hospital
Organizational communication
Organizational Culture
Patient care
Patient Care Team - organization & administration
Physicians
Problem Solving
Questionnaires
Reproducibility of Results
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States
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Summary:Health Services Research has a growing need for reliable and valid measures of managerial practices and organizational processes. A national study of 42 intensive care units involving over 1,700 respondents provides evidence for the reliability and validity of a comprehensive set of measures related to leadership, organizational culture, communication, coordination, problem solving-conflict management and team cohesiveness. The data also support the appropriateness of aggregating individual respondent data to the unit level. Implications for further research are discussed.
ISSN:0025-7079
1537-1948
DOI:10.1097/00005650-199108000-00004