Factors associated with the impact of quality improvement collaboratives in mental healthcare: An exploratory study

Table 4 Associations between characteristics of QI teams (i.e., composition, participation, functioning and the organizational context) and performance indicators (i.e., patient outcomes, monitoring, screening/assessment) for successful teams

	Anxiety disorders	Dual diagnosis	Schizo phrenia	Anxiety disorders	Dual diagnosis	Schizo phrenia	Anxiety disorders	Dual diagnosis
	Patient outcomes			*Monitoring*			Screening/assessment
Team Composition
Average age	+						-	-
Number of team members	-				+	+
Number of different professionals	+							-
Level of education:
% Master degree		-			-	-		-
% Bachelor degree					-			+
% Associate degree		+			+
Years of practice in this job	+		-	+	+		-
Years of practice in this organization							-	-
Number of team members with specialized knowledge	+					+	-
Time spent on improvement	-		+
% Involvement in quality improvement			+	-		-	+	-
Participation in the national program
% Attendance conferences QI team members		+			+
% Attendance conferences by QI team leaders		+			+	-
Team functioning
Social influence		+				-
Efficacy	-		-
Attitude			-					-
Attitude quality improvement		+			+		-
Communication/innovation		+				+
Targets
Approach-working method		+	-				-
Attitude guidelines, factor innovation (specificity/flexibility)								+
Organizational context
Organizational conditions present		+			+
Support management		+		+	+		+
Type of leadership:
Inspirational leadership	+	+		+		+
Transactional leadership						+
Passive leadership	-	-	+	-			-

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