2019 Volume 23 Issue 1 Pages 23-32
The objective of this study was to identify the factors related to the practice degree of utilizing an inter-professional team approach among home-visit nurses, home-visit chief helpers and care managers. 500 places for each home-visit nursing agencies, home-visit care agencies and agencies preparing care service plans in the Kinki area of Japan were randomly selected. The research design was a cross-sectional mailed survey with self-administered anonymous questionnaires. 781 (52.1%) valid responses were obtained.
The following factors were found to be related to the practice degree which the capacity to carry out an inter-professional team approach: a good relationship with care recipients; favorable interpersonal relationships at work; the team member whom a user trusts; information of the services out of insurance; training systems in the agencies; and training systems for collaboration out of agencies.
In discussion, these results suggest that enhancement of the capacity to utilize an inter-professional team approach requires the following work environment factors: collect services out of insurance; provision of training programs in the agencies and out of agencies; and maintenance of a favorable relationship with one's supervisors, colleagues and care recipients.
