Abstract:

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to evaluate the attitudes of the health professionals who are part of the surgical procedure, towards interpersonal relationship styles and team work. Materials and Methods: This study was descriptive type. The 126 surgical team members were participated in this study. The data were collected by "Personal Information Form", "Interpersonal Communication Style Scale (ICSS)" and "Teamwork Attitudes Scale (TAS)".  Results: The lowest score of the total average scores of the TAS was obtained by the nurses and the highest score of the total average scores of TAS and ICSS were obtained by the other health professionals, and that the lowest score of the TAS communication sub-scale was obtained by the physicians. It was determined that the average scores of the other health professionals obtained from ICSS avoidant sub-scale were significantly higher than the average scores of nurses and their average scores obtained from TAS communication sub-scale were significantly higher than the average scores of nurses and physicians. The average scores obtained from ICSS dominant style sub-scale of the team members who had worked for 21 years and over, were found to be significantly higher than the other team members. Conclusion: In this direction, it is recommended to plan training aimed at improving interpersonal communication skills and teamwork attitudes towards surgical team members, and to make individual and institutional initiatives to overcome existing problems.

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