Interprofessional clinical training in mental health improves students’ readiness for interprofessional collaboration: a non-randomized intervention study

Table 2 Crude scores at baseline and postintervention

	Respondents
	T1^a			T2^b
	Intervention (n = 78) (mean; SD)	Comparison (n = 83) (mean; SD)	P	Intervention (n = 78) (mean; SD)	Comparison (n = 83) (mean; SD)	P
Total RIPLS score	114.37; 8.92	115.02; 9.16	0.7	117.39: 6.57	114.80; 9.78	0.001
RIPLS subscales
Teamwork and collaboration	37.71; 4.87	38.31; 3.95	0.4	39.95; 3.43	38.43: 3.96	0.001
Negative professional identity	12.51; 2.22	12.95; 2.08	0.2	12.94; 1.90	12.75; 2.20	0.05
Positive professional identity	16.80; 2.24	16.84; 2.41	0.9	17.23; 2.12	16.43; 2.54	0.05
Roles and responsibilities	47.36; 4.48	46.92; 4.52	0.5	47.27; 4.47	47.18; 4.56	0.8
	Intervention (n = 69) (mean; SD)	Comparison (n = 79) (mean; SD)	P	Intervention (n = 69) (mean; SD)	Comparison (n = 79) (mean; SD)	P
Total AITCS score	154.80; 20.99	153.49; 18.98	0.7	162.33; 19.24	153.27; 20.81	0.001
AITCS subscales
Partnership/shared decision making	80.02; 10.91	79.34; 9.84	0.7	83.54; 9.43	78.77; 10.68	0.001
Cooperation	46.67; 6.85	45.86; 6.38	0.5	49.07; 6.50	46.23; 7.32	0.001
Coordination	28.12; 5.28	28.29; 4.18	0.8	29.73; 4.60	28.27; 4.31	0.003

RIPLS Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale, SD Standard deviation, AITCS Assessment of Interprofessional Team Collaboration Scale
^aIndependent Samples t-test
^bPaired t-test

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