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Table 5 Type of CS addressed interactively among the items identified as important by experts

From: Impact of postgraduate training on communication skills teaching: a controlled study

 

Intervention group

Control group

   
 

(Inpatient n = 16; outpatient n = 12)

(Inpatient n = 12; outpatient n = 8)

   

Type of CS items

 

Pre

Post

 

Pre

Post

    
  

n (%)

n (%)

Delta (SD)

n (%)

n (%)

Delta (SD)

Delta difference

p

Effect size

Explanation inpatient

Not setting the agenda (-)

0 (0%)

6 (38%)

0.38 (0.50)

0

0

0

0.38

0.0157

0.90

 

Not exploring patients’ perspectives (-)

1 (6%)

15 (94%)

0.88 (0.34)

1 (8%)

4 (33%)

0.25 (0.45)

0.63

0.0003

1.38

 

Not chunking nor checking (-)

2 (13%)

12 (75%)

0.62 (0.50)

0

2 (17%)

0.17 (0.39)

0.46

0.0142

1.77

 

Not planning the follow-up (-)

5 (31%)

2 (13%)

-0.19 (0.54)

1 (8%)

4 (33%)

0.25 (0.45)

-0.44

0.0325

-0.97

 

Not checking patient’s understanding at the end (-)

1 (6%)

10 (63%)

0.56 (0.51)

1 (8%)

3 (25%)

0.17 (0.58)

0.40

0.0663

0.696

Breaking bad news inpatient

Not setting the agenda (-)

0

5 (31%)

0.31 (0.48)

1 (8%)

0

-0.09 (0.30)

0.40

0.0207

1.34

Family discussion inpatient

Summarizing the context (+)

0

5 (31%)

0.31 0.48)

0

0

0

0.31

0.0331

0.80

Difficult consultation outpatient

No empathy (-)

1 (8%)

10 (83%)

0.75 (0.62)

2 (25%)

12 (13%)

-0.13 (0.35)

0.88

0.0021

2.48

 

Negotiating a common solution (+)

2 (17%)

10 (83%)

0.67 (0.65)

2 (25%)

2 (25%)

0 (0.54)

0.67

0.0274

1.25

  1. If Bonferroni correction is applied, p is significant at 0.00016 (0.05/308).