ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.

Sec. Quantitative Psychology and Measurement

Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1575442

Development and Validation of the Participatory Approach Questionnaire (PARTAQUE) in Cancer Teams: a Ready-to-use Tool for Enhancing the Quality of Work Life for Caregivers

Provisionally accepted
Julien LejeuneJulien Lejeune1,2,3*Anaïs GalyAnaïs Galy4Evelyne FouquereauEvelyne Fouquereau1,2Christine JeoffrionChristine Jeoffrion2,5Julia Aubouin-BonnaventureJulia Aubouin-Bonnaventure1,2Hélène COILLOTHélène COILLOT1,2Jimmy BordarieJimmy Bordarie1,2Romuald SeizeurRomuald Seizeur6Philippe ColombatPhilippe Colombat1,2
  • 1Université de Tours, Tours, France
  • 2EE 1901 Quality of Life and Psychological Health, Université de Tours, Tours, France
  • 3Service d'hématologie et d'oncologie pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours, Tours, France
  • 4HEC Montréal, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • 5Laboratoire InterUniversitaire de Psychologie (LIP/PC2S), Chambéry, France
  • 6Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire (CHU) de Brest, Brest, Brittany, France

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The Participative Approach (PA) has demonstrated the potential to enhance both the quality of work life and the quality of care within French cancer teams. Whilst a number of studies have demonstrated that the participatory approach exerts a positive impact on all stakeholders within the care context, none of them have thus far used a measurement of the PA that has been scientifically validated. Therefore, the aim of this research was to develop and validate the PARTAQUE (Participatory Approach Questionnaire) and to assess its psychometric properties. This objective was pursued by conducting three independent studies in French healthcare organizations. The assessment of the factorial structure of the scale confirmed a good fit with a second-order factor model, and the test of convergent and predictive validity showed consistent relationships with theorized outcomes (e.g., attitudinal and behavioral work outcomes, occupational health indicators). The implications for research and practice are then discussed.

Keywords: Participative Approach (PA), cancer teams, scale validation, Quality of work life, quality of care

Received: 28 Feb 2025; Accepted: 22 May 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Lejeune, Galy, Fouquereau, Jeoffrion, Aubouin-Bonnaventure, COILLOT, Bordarie, Seizeur and Colombat. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Julien Lejeune, Université de Tours, Tours, France

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