Result:: Table 1. Demographic Data of The Participants. Items Frequency (N) Percentage (%) Age Groups

RESULT:
200 rehab professionals initially consented to participate, all accepted and fill out
the ATHCT assessment form. This study included participants in which male were
47 and female were 153 composed of 11 physiatrist, 78 occupational therapist, 54
physiotherapist, 21 speech therapist, 17 psychologist, 7 special educators and 12
prosthesis and Orthosis. Majority of participants age ranges from 25-30 years with
having professional experience of 1-4 years in their relative fields.
Table 1 summarizes the demographic data of the participants.
Table 1. Demographic data of the participants.
Items Frequency (N) Percentage (%)
Age groups
25-30 134 67.0%
30-40 58 29.0%
40 above 8 4.0%
Gender
Female 153 76.5%
Male 47 23.5%
Rehab professions
Physiatrist 11 5.5%
Occupational therapist 78 39.0%
Physiotherapist 54 27.0%
Speech therapist 21 10.5%

Psychologist 17 8.5%
Special educator 7 3.5%
12 6.0%
Prosthesis and Orthosis
Professional experience
1-4 years 111 55%
5-10 years 71 35.5%
More than 10 years 19 9.5%
After analyzing the data, for the interpretation of the result we divided the
responses into three categories i.e.: positive responses which included item no.
2,3,5,7,9,11,14,17,19,20 and 21 that leads to the positive perception towards
collaboration. Regarding the professionals’ interest, patient needs and
satisfaction, the mean value we acquired was 80.87% about individuals that
agreed that team work keeps most rehab professionals passionate and inquisitive
about their occupation. They emphasized that team meetings promote
communication among team members from different professions and team
meetings helped each rehab professional to make better patient care decisions
because it reduces error and improves quality of care of patient however, 19.13%
of the rehab professionals’ believed that team meetings developed barriers in
delivering patient care plan (Table 2).
Item 2: The team approach quality of care to patients.
5%
8%
5%
49% 14%
19%
Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Somewhat Disagree

Somewhat Agree Moderately Agree Strongly Agree
Item 3: The team meeting foster communication among

team members from different disciplines.
4%
7%
24%
12%
23%
29%

Item 5: Patient receiving team care are more likely than
other patients to be treated as whole persons.
4%
5%
22%
15%
28%
25%

Item 7: Working on a team keeps most health professionals

enthusiastic and interested in their jobs.
5%
8%
23%
8%
25%
30%

Item 9: Developing a patient care plan with other team
members avoids errors in delivering care.
4%
7%
26%
11%
23%
28%

Item 11: Health professionals working on teams are more respon-

sive than others to the emotional and functional needs of patients.
5%
20% 9%
10%
29%
26%

Item 14: The give and take among team members help them
make better patient care decision
5%
6%
27% 3%
25%
34%

Item 17: Hospital patients who receive team care are better
prepared for discharge than other patients.
5%
7%
32% 6%
22%
27%

Item 19: The team approach makes the delivery of care
most efficient
4%
5%
5%
36%
19%
32%

Item 20: The team approach permits health profession to

meet the needs of family caregivers as well as patients.
5%
6%
5%
32%
19%
34%

Item 21: Having to report observations to the team members bet -
ter understand the work of other health professionals.
4%
4%
5%
38%
19%
29%

Table 2
The graphical representation of the mean value of responses of item
numbers: 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 17, 19, 20 & 21
19%
81%
Agree Disagree
Negative responses which included item no. 1,8,10 showed disagreement about
working in team unnecessarily complicate things, patients are less satisfied and
time management during coordination between rehab professionals’ in
developing patient care plans. With respect to this, the mean value we obtained
after the analysis was 60.33%, where the individuals agreed about team work
complications and wastage of time to work in an interdisciplinary team where as
39.67% concluded that team work entangled things most of the time and the
patient could get more benefits in other ways (Table 3).
Item 1: Working in team unnecessarily complicates things

most of the time.
3%
10%
35%
24%
11% 17%

Item 8: Patient are less satisfied with their care when it is

provided by a team
9%
23%
15%
13%
27%
13%

Item 10: When developing interdisciplinary patient care plans,
much time is wasted translating jargon from other disciplines.
8% 10%
16%
20%
22%
23%

Table 3
numbers: 1, 8 & 10
40%
60%
Agree Disagree
For item no. 12 and 15, The mean value we attained was 56% in which individuals
agreed about the excessive consumption of time during collaboration however,
the perception of 44% individuals denied it. (Table 4).
Item 12: Developing an interdisciplinary patient care plan is
excessively time consuming
9% 8%
17%
21%
20%
25%

Item 15: In most instances, the time required for team

meeting could be better spent in other ways.
10% 10%
14%
26%
20%
20%

Table 4
numbers: 12 & 15
44%
56%
Agree Disagree
Regarding the physicians centrality, which included item no. 4,6,16 and 18, the
mean perception was 66% in which rehab professionals’ not only believed that
they have right to alter the patient care plan developed by the team, foster and
facilitate physicians in achieving treatment goals for patients and has the liability
for the decision made by the team but also agreed that physicians are the native
team leader among the rehabilitation team. In contrast, mean value of 34% of
individuals dissented about leadership of physicians. They believed that, when
working in an interprofessional collaboration team, every rehab professional is
qualified to become a team leader and everyone play its own role according to
the patient care plan and their progress and contributes by his / her own
expertise (Table 5).
Item 4: Physicians have the right to alter patient care plans
developed by the team.
7% 11%
15%
26%
16%
25%

Item 6: A team's primary purpose is to assist physicians in

achieving treatment goals for patients.
5%
17%
10%
10%
32%
25%

Item 16: The physicians has the ultimate legal responsibility
for decisions made by the team.
9%
15%
9%
21%
20%
25%

Item 18: Physicians are natural team leaders.

7%
19%
9%
12%
28%
24%

Table 5
numbers: 4, 6, 16 & 18
34%
66%
Agree Disagree
The interpretation of item no. 13 revealed that 62% agreed that final words in
making decisions should not always by physicians and only 38% of the participants
disagreed to it (Table 6).
Item 13: The physician should not always have the final
word in decisions made by health care teams
9%
16%
10%
24% 18%
21%

Table 6
number: 13
38%
62%
Agree Disagree

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Table 1 summarizes the demographic data of the participants.

Table 1. Demographic data of the participants.

Items Frequency (N) Percentage (%)

25-30 134 67.0%

Female 153 76.5%

Occupational therapist 78 39.0%

Speech therapist 21 10.5%

Special educator 7 3.5%

Prosthesis and Orthosis

1-4 years 111 55%

5-10 years 71 35.5%

More than 10 years 19 9.5%

Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Somewhat Disagree

Item 3: The team meeting foster communication among

Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Somewhat Disagree

Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Somewhat Disagree

Item 7: Working on a team keeps most health professionals

Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Somewhat Disagree

Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Somewhat Disagree

Item 11: Health professionals working on teams are more respon-

Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Somewhat Disagree

Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Somewhat Disagree

Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Somewhat Disagree

Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Somewhat Disagree

Item 20: The team approach permits health profession to

Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Somewhat Disagree

Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Somewhat Disagree

Item 1: Working in team unnecessarily complicates things

Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Somewhat Disagree

Item 8: Patient are less satisfied with their care when it is

Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Somewhat Disagree

Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Somewhat Disagree

Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Somewhat Disagree

Item 15: In most instances, the time required for team

Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Somewhat Disagree

Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Somewhat Disagree

Item 6: A team's primary purpose is to assist physicians in

Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Somewhat Disagree

Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Somewhat Disagree

Item 18: Physicians are natural team leaders.

Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Somewhat Disagree

Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Somewhat Disagree

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