[Team cohesiveness: opinions of a group of primary health care professionals from Salamanca].
OBJECTIVE
To assess the view of a group of Primary care professionals on their level of perception of group cohesiveness in their teams' work dynamic.


METHODS
A descriptive and sectional study.


METHODS
Four urban health centres in Salamanca with a recognised teaching activity.


METHODS
Both health professionals and those outside the Health Service, working in Primary Care, who had been members of their teams for more than a year (N = 90).


RESULTS
Descriptive statistics and "Chi squared" tests were employed.


METHODS
72%. A high level of agreement on the need for team work (95.23%). They perceived their group cohesiveness as being very low (84.21% affirmed that they encounter problems of cohesiveness). The main statements concerning this lack of cohesiveness were: "lack of common objectives" (25.5%), "intolerance between workers" (20.13%), "work not shared" (19.46%) and "the taking of decisions individually" (19.44%). The main causes given were: lack of support from Management (23.74%) and too little training for team work (21.58%).


CONCLUSIONS
There is a high degree of conviction that the team work model is the most efficacious way of developing Primary Care. However in three of the four teams questioned, there were serious problems preventing the teams' reaching an adequate level of group cohesiveness.
Centro de Salud Garrido Sur, Salamanca.
F J
FJ
González
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de Cabo
M J
MJ
Morán
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JM
Manzano
D000328:Adult; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Cohesión de equipos: opiniones de un grupo de profesionales de atención primaria de Salamanca.