Assessment of Nontechnical Skills During Resuscitation: Validation in the Italian Version of the TEAM

Michele A Milatino Sgambati; Adriana d'Ercole; Michela Cascio; Giuseppe Di Viesto; Daniele Visicchio; Chiara Boccardo; Ilaria Pozzetti; Mimosa Milocco; Mariagiovanna Caporale; Alessandro Delli Poggi

doi:10.1097/SIH.0000000000000807

Assessment of Nontechnical Skills During Resuscitation: Validation in the Italian Version of the TEAM

Simul Healthc. 2024 Jul 16. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000807. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Michele A Milatino Sgambati¹, Adriana d'Ercole, Michela Cascio, Giuseppe Di Viesto, Daniele Visicchio, Chiara Boccardo, Ilaria Pozzetti, Mimosa Milocco, Mariagiovanna Caporale, Alessandro Delli Poggi

Affiliation

¹ From the Azienda Regionale Emergenza Sanitaria ARES 118 (M.A.M.S), University of Rome "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy; Department of Emergency Medicine (A.D.E., M.C., C.B.), University of Rome La Sapienza, Roma, Lazio, Italy; Azienda Regionale Emergenza Sanitaria ARES 118 (G.D.V.), Rome, Italy; University of Rome "La Sapienza"-Rome (D.V.), Lazio, Italy; Analisi-statistiche.it-Rome (I.P.), Lazio, Italy; Azienda Regionale Emergenza Sanitaria ARES 118 (M.M.), Rome, Italy; Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (M.G.C.), Catholic University of The Sacred Heart, Fondazione 'Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli' IRCCS, Rome, Lazio, Italy; and Department of Surgical Sciences (A.D.P.), University of Rome-La Sapienza, Rome, Lazio, Italy.

PMID: 39007692
DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000807

Abstract

Nontechnical skills (hereinafter referred to as NTS), such as task management, leadership, situational awareness, communication, and decision making contribute to safe and efficient team performance. The importance during cardiopulmonary resuscitation is being increasingly emphasized. We carried out the intercultural adaptation of the TEAM score in Italian and to evaluate the reliability and validity of the resulting Italian version (i-TEAM). A forward-backward translation was made with the author called i-TEAM. Psychometric properties of the i-TEAM score were evaluated, including acceptability, construct validity, and interrater reliability. We divided the participants into 3 groups based on their experience, and we verified if there was a correlation between the final score NTS of i-TEAM and the groups. The Cronbach coefficient was 0.91 for the Total i-TEAM score. The descriptive statistics showed that there was no correlation between NTS score and experience (group). Our results show that i-TEAM has psychometric properties similar to the original score.