NCT05700929

Evaluation of a Communication Skills Training for Nurses

Evaluation of a Patient-centered Communication Skills Training for Nursing Professionals in Germany: A Randomized Controlled Trail

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 207 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The KOMPAT study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of a needs-based communication skills training for nursing professionals in Germany and to derive recommendations for future long-term implementation. Therefore, a training program to foster communication skills of nursing professionals has been developed based on a previously conducted needs assessment and literature research. To evaluate the training a randomized controlled trail with a waitlist-control group will be conducted. It is aimed to include 180 nurses within the study, of which 90 nurse will be randomized in a stratified manner to the intervention group and 90 nurses will be randomized to the waitlist-control group. Outcomes will be assessed at baseline, post -training and 4-weeks follow-up. It is hypothesized that self-efficacy in communication with patients and further outcomes will be significantly higher among participants in the intervention group compared to participants of the waitlist-control group during post-training assessment and follow-up. The evaluation will be accompanied by a process evaluation. The training will be facilitated by a member of the research team and a nursing professional by applying the train-the-trainer approach. The KOMPAT study will be conducted at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf.

Conditions

• Communication

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Communication skills training for nurses	Aim of the developed training will be to foster patient-centered communication skills of nursing professionals in Germany. The training consists of four modules in which participating nurses will get information regarding patient-centeredness and general communication techniques. Participants will also learn how to response to patients in escalating situations and how to communicate with seriously ill or dying patients. The underlying framework for the training is the Calgary-Cambridge Guide, a well-known model for structuring conversation with patients. Different didactic techniques (i.e. roll-play, video sequences, group discussion) will be applied. The training will be provided in small groups of 10-14 participants each. Two facilitators will give the training, one of them being a nursing professional trained according to the train-the-trainer approach, the other being a member of the research group, who was involved in the development of the training.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-11-14
• Primary completion: 2024-10-31
• Completion: 2024-11-30
• First posted: 2023-01-26
• Last updated: 2024-08-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany