title: Intensity of interprofessional collaboration among intensive care nurses at a tertiary hospital.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To measure the intensity of interprofessional collaboration (IPC) in nurses of an intensive care unit (ICU) at a tertiary hospital, to check differences between the dimensions of the Intensity of Interprofessional Collaboration Questionnaire, and to identify the influence of personal variables.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted with 63 intensive care nurses selected by simple random sampling. Explanatory variables: age, sex, years of experience in nursing, years of experience in critical care, workday type and work shift type; variable of outcome: IPC. The IPC was measured by: Intensity of Interprofessional Collaboration Questionnaire. Descriptive and bivariate statistical analysis (IPC and its dimensions with explanatory variables).
  
  
  RESULTS
  73.8% were women, with a mean age of 46.54 (±6.076) years. The average years experience in nursing and critical care was 23.03 (±6.24) and 14.25 (±8.532), respectively. 77% had a full time and 95.1% had a rotating shift. 62.3% obtained average IPC values. Statistically significant differences were found (P<.05) between IPC (overall score) and overall assessment with years of experience in critical care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study shows average levels of IPC; the nurses with less experience in critical care obtained higher IPC and overall assessment scores.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Medicina y Enfermería, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, España. Electronic address: gemaserranogemes@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Serrano-Gemes
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Medicina y Enfermería, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, España.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rich-Ruiz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D064648:Critical Care Nursing; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D057566:Self Report; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers
keywords: Colaboración interprofesional; Critical care; Cuidados críticos; Enfermería; Interprofessional collaboration; Nursing