PMID- 38459013
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240312
IS  - 2056-807X (Electronic)
IS  - 2056-807X (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 1
DP  - 2024 Mar 8
TI  - Exploring collaboration reasons and leadership styles in Dutch primary oral 
      healthcare practices.
PG  - 19
LID - 10.1038/s41405-024-00200-z [doi]
LID - 19
AB  - AIMS: To outline the extent to which practice owners in Dutch oral healthcare 
      practices (OHPs) use a directive and supportive leadership styles, to map out 
      which goals practice owners in Dutch OHPs consider most important when choosing 
      collaboration within the practice and to identify the reasons why oral healthcare 
      professionals choose to engage in collaborative practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 
      A survey involving 802 general dental practitioners, dental hygienists, and 
      prevention assistants was conducted. The questionnaire covered, among other 
      subjects, leadership styles and reasons for collaboration. Data analysis included 
      descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, one-way ANOVA, linear regression, and 
      logistic regression. RESULTS: Compared to employees, practice owners ascribe to 
      themselves more characteristics of both directive and supportive leadership. The 
      most frequently mentioned reasons for choosing a practice form that involves 
      collaboration were the possibilities to provide the best care and the desire to 
      focus on prevention. Healthcare providers chose to work in a collaborative 
      practice for several reasons, which were associated with profession, age and 
      gender. CONCLUSIONS: The degree of directive and supportive leadership among 
      practice owners in dental care practices in the Netherlands showed a strong 
      correlation. The most frequently mentioned reasons for choosing collaboration 
      were related to healthcare content.
CI  - (c) 2024. The Author(s).
FAU - den Boer, Joost C L
AU  - den Boer JCL
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6330-4445
AD  - Department of Oral Public Health (OPH), Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam 
      (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the 
      Netherlands. j.den.boer@knmt.nl.
AD  - KNMT, Royal Dutch Dental Association, Utrecht, the Netherlands. 
      j.den.boer@knmt.nl.
FAU - van der Sanden, Wil J M
AU  - van der Sanden WJM
AD  - Department of Dentistry-Quality and Safety of Oral Healthcare, Radboud University 
      Medical Centre, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
FAU - Jerkovic-Cosic, Katarina
AU  - Jerkovic-Cosic K
AD  - Department of Oral Public Health (OPH), Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam 
      (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the 
      Netherlands.
AD  - HU University of Applied Science, Research Group Innovation in Preventive 
      Healthcare, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
FAU - Bruers, Josef J M
AU  - Bruers JJM
AD  - Department of Oral Public Health (OPH), Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam 
      (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the 
      Netherlands.
AD  - KNMT, Royal Dutch Dental Association, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20240308
PL  - England
TA  - BDJ Open
JT  - BDJ open
JID - 101709456
PMC - PMC10924087
COIS- The authors have no conflicting interests to report. The research was submitted 
      in advance to the ACTA Institutional Review Board (IRB) under file number 
      2022-99761. The IRB has determined that it complies with the set ethical 
      standards and values and has therefore approved the study. Invitees received a 
      letter or email containing information about the study, explicitly stating that 
      participation was voluntary. By completing the questionnaire, either on paper or 
      online, participants indicated their consent to participate in the study.
EDAT- 2024/03/09 10:42
MHDA- 2024/03/09 10:43
PMCR- 2024/03/08
CRDT- 2024/03/08 23:15
PHST- 2023/12/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2024/02/22 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2024/02/15 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2024/03/09 10:43 [medline]
PHST- 2024/03/09 10:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/03/08 23:15 [entrez]
PHST- 2024/03/08 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1038/s41405-024-00200-z [pii]
AID - 200 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/s41405-024-00200-z [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BDJ Open. 2024 Mar 8;10(1):19. doi: 10.1038/s41405-024-00200-z.