The psychometric testing of the Nursing Teamwork Survey in Iceland

• Published in: International Journal of Nursing Practice
• Main Authors: Bragadóttir, Helga, Kalisch, Beatrice J., Smáradóttir, Sigríður Bríet, Jónsdóttir, Heiður Hrund
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijn.12422; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fijn.12422; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ijn.12422

The purpose of this study was to test the psychometric properties of the Nursing Teamwork Survey‐Icelandic ( NTS‐Icelandic ), which was translated from US English to Icelandic. The Nursing Teamwork Survey, with 33 items, measures overall teamwork and five factors of teamwork: trust, team orientation, backup, shared mental models, and team leadership. The psychometric testing of the NTS‐Icelandic was carried out on data from a pilot study and a national study. The sample for a pilot study included 123 nursing staff from five units, and the sample for a national study included 925 nursing staff from 27 inpatient units. The overall test–retest intraclass correlation coefficient in the pilot study was 0.693 (lower bound = 0.498, upper bound = 0.821) ( p < 0.001). The Cronbach's alpha reliability for the total scale and subscales ranged from 0.737 to 0.911. A confirmatory factor analysis indicated a good fit of the data from the national study with the five‐factor model for nursing teamwork. The NTS‐Icelandic tested valid and reliable in this study. Study findings support further use of the Nursing Teamwork Survey internationally.