Interprofessional attitudes of healthcare students: translation into Italian, validity, and reliability of the “University of the West of England Interprofessional Questionnaire”

Clinical healthcare services need for positive interprofessional collaboration among workers, as a collaborative practice support better health outcomes for patients, workers and population. To develop future interprofessional practitioners, health sciences curricula need to address this from the earliest stages of student education, including by providing for the measurement of student attitudes toward interprofessional learning and practice. The study aims to translate and adapt the "University of the West of England Interprofessional Questionnaire" (UWE-IPQ) into Italian, and assess its face, content, and construct validity, test-retest reliability, and internal consistency. A sample of 465 Italian students enrolled in health-care undergraduate programs participated alongside a panel of 12 experts in health professions education. Results indicated that the Italian version (UWE-IPQ-Ita) of the tool demonstrated adequate face and content validity and aligned well with the original questionnaire. Confirmatory factor analysis results supported the 4-factor structure of the scale and its construct validity. Additionally, the questionnaire exhibited acceptable to excellent internal consistency across all scales. Test-retest reliability was also found to be good or excellent. Overall, the UWE-IPQ-Ita showed adequate validity and reliability, suggesting its suitability for assessing students' perceptions and attitudes in interprofessional education and research.