Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version of Team Effectiveness Questionnaires: Patient and Provider Perceptions

Year 2025, Volume: 15 Issue: 1, 137 - 146, 28.03.2025

Derya Gündüz Hoşgör , Betül Sönmez

https://doi.org/10.33808/clinexphealthsci.1483360

Abstract

Objective: To adapt the Patient/Family-Perfections of Team Effectiveness (Patient-PTE) Questionnaire and Provider-Perceptions of Team Effectiveness Questionnaire (Provider-PTE) into Turkish and to test their validity and reliability.
Methods: The sample of this methodological study included patients receiving inpatient treatment and care at a training and research hospital and their families (n1=230), and nurses and physicians (n2=260). After the questionnaires’ language and content validity were confirmed, their construct validity was examined by test-retest and internal consistency.
Results: The original structure of the questionnaires was preserved in their Turkish versions. In construct validity, significant differences were determined according to the characteristics of the participants in both questionnaires. A statistically significant difference was detected when the mean scores of low and high functioning teams were compared for the sensitivity of the questionnaires.
Conclusion: Turkish versions of the questionnaires were considered valid and reliable. The Patient-PTE can be used to assess team processes and perceived outcomes of care from the patients’ and their families’ perspectives. The Provider-PTE can be used to assess interdisciplinary team processes and perceived care outcomes.

Keywords

Teamwork, Perception ofteam effectiveness, patient, provider, Validity, Reliability

Ethical Statement

Permission was received via e-mail from the author who developed the surveys to adapt the surveys to Turkish. Ethics committee approval for the research was received from Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Social Sciences and Humanities Research Ethics Committee (Date: 13.10.2020, number: 134). The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Written permission was obtained from the hospital where the research would be conducted. After the healthcare professionals and patients/families included in the sample of the study were informed about the purpose of the research, the participants who wanted to participate voluntarily were signed an Informed Consent Form.

Project Number

Yoktur.

Thanks

We would like to thank the nurses, physicians and patients who participated in our study.

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