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Essential Skills for Health Communication, Barriers, Facilitators and the Need for Training: Perceptions of Healthcare Professionals from Seven European Countries

Many healthcare professionals are unaware of the necessary skills and barriers hindering interpersonal health communication. This study aimed to evaluate the healthcare professional’s perception regarding health communication training’s necessity, barriers, facilitators and critical skills in health...

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Autores principales: Zota, Dina, Diamantis, Dimitrios V., Katsas, Konstantinos, Karnaki, Pania, Tsiampalis, Thomas, Sakowski, Piotr, Christophi, Costas A., Ioannidou, Eleni, Darias-Curvo, Sara, Batury, Victoria-Luise, Berth, Hendrik, Zscheppang, Anja, Linke, Maike, Themistokleous, Sotiris, Veloudaki, Afroditi, Linos, Athena
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10379454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37510499
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11142058
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author Zota, Dina
Diamantis, Dimitrios V.
Katsas, Konstantinos
Karnaki, Pania
Tsiampalis, Thomas
Sakowski, Piotr
Christophi, Costas A.
Ioannidou, Eleni
Darias-Curvo, Sara
Batury, Victoria-Luise
Berth, Hendrik
Zscheppang, Anja
Linke, Maike
Themistokleous, Sotiris
Veloudaki, Afroditi
Linos, Athena
author_facet Zota, Dina
Diamantis, Dimitrios V.
Katsas, Konstantinos
Karnaki, Pania
Tsiampalis, Thomas
Sakowski, Piotr
Christophi, Costas A.
Ioannidou, Eleni
Darias-Curvo, Sara
Batury, Victoria-Luise
Berth, Hendrik
Zscheppang, Anja
Linke, Maike
Themistokleous, Sotiris
Veloudaki, Afroditi
Linos, Athena
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description Many healthcare professionals are unaware of the necessary skills and barriers hindering interpersonal health communication. This study aimed to evaluate the healthcare professional’s perception regarding health communication training’s necessity, barriers, facilitators and critical skills in health communication. Data from a cross-sectional online survey in the framework of the H-Com project were utilized. The study included 691 healthcare professionals (physicians, nurses, students and allied health professionals) from seven European countries. Only 57% of participants had participated in health communication training, while 88.1% of them indicated a willingness to be trained in health communication. Nurses were more likely (OR = 1.84; 95% CI 1.16, 2.91) to have received such training, compared to physicians. Most examined communication skills, barriers and facilitators of effective communication, and perceived outcomes of successful communication were considered crucial for most participants, although physicians overall seemed to be less concerned. Most agreed perceived outcomes were improved professional–patient relations, patient and professional satisfaction, physical and psychological health amelioration and patients’ trust. Nurses evaluated the importance of these communication skills and communication barriers, facilitators and outcomes higher than physicians. Physicians may underestimate the importance of communication skills more than nurses. Health communication should become an integral part of training for all health professionals.
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spelling pubmed-103794542023-07-29 Essential Skills for Health Communication, Barriers, Facilitators and the Need for Training: Perceptions of Healthcare Professionals from Seven European Countries Zota, Dina Diamantis, Dimitrios V. Katsas, Konstantinos Karnaki, Pania Tsiampalis, Thomas Sakowski, Piotr Christophi, Costas A. Ioannidou, Eleni Darias-Curvo, Sara Batury, Victoria-Luise Berth, Hendrik Zscheppang, Anja Linke, Maike Themistokleous, Sotiris Veloudaki, Afroditi Linos, Athena Healthcare (Basel) Article Many healthcare professionals are unaware of the necessary skills and barriers hindering interpersonal health communication. This study aimed to evaluate the healthcare professional’s perception regarding health communication training’s necessity, barriers, facilitators and critical skills in health communication. Data from a cross-sectional online survey in the framework of the H-Com project were utilized. The study included 691 healthcare professionals (physicians, nurses, students and allied health professionals) from seven European countries. Only 57% of participants had participated in health communication training, while 88.1% of them indicated a willingness to be trained in health communication. Nurses were more likely (OR = 1.84; 95% CI 1.16, 2.91) to have received such training, compared to physicians. Most examined communication skills, barriers and facilitators of effective communication, and perceived outcomes of successful communication were considered crucial for most participants, although physicians overall seemed to be less concerned. Most agreed perceived outcomes were improved professional–patient relations, patient and professional satisfaction, physical and psychological health amelioration and patients’ trust. Nurses evaluated the importance of these communication skills and communication barriers, facilitators and outcomes higher than physicians. Physicians may underestimate the importance of communication skills more than nurses. Health communication should become an integral part of training for all health professionals. MDPI 2023-07-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10379454/ /pubmed/37510499 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11142058 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Diamantis, Dimitrios V.
Katsas, Konstantinos
Karnaki, Pania
Tsiampalis, Thomas
Sakowski, Piotr
Christophi, Costas A.
Ioannidou, Eleni
Darias-Curvo, Sara
Batury, Victoria-Luise
Berth, Hendrik
Zscheppang, Anja
Linke, Maike
Themistokleous, Sotiris
Veloudaki, Afroditi
Linos, Athena
Essential Skills for Health Communication, Barriers, Facilitators and the Need for Training: Perceptions of Healthcare Professionals from Seven European Countries
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title_full Essential Skills for Health Communication, Barriers, Facilitators and the Need for Training: Perceptions of Healthcare Professionals from Seven European Countries
title_fullStr Essential Skills for Health Communication, Barriers, Facilitators and the Need for Training: Perceptions of Healthcare Professionals from Seven European Countries
title_full_unstemmed Essential Skills for Health Communication, Barriers, Facilitators and the Need for Training: Perceptions of Healthcare Professionals from Seven European Countries
title_short Essential Skills for Health Communication, Barriers, Facilitators and the Need for Training: Perceptions of Healthcare Professionals from Seven European Countries
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10379454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37510499
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11142058
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