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Psychometric Properties of the Health Professionals Communication Skills Scale in University Students of Health Sciences
Communication is one of the determining factors of healthcare quality; however, a health model that prioritizes clinical over non-technical skills remains prevalent. The aims of this article were: (a) to validate a communication skills scale in a sample of fourth-year nursing degree students from tw...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7589042/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33080943 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207565 |
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author | Juliá-Sanchis, Rocío Cabañero-Martínez, María José Leal-Costa, César Fernández-Alcántara, Manuel Escribano, Silvia |
author_facet | Juliá-Sanchis, Rocío Cabañero-Martínez, María José Leal-Costa, César Fernández-Alcántara, Manuel Escribano, Silvia |
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description | Communication is one of the determining factors of healthcare quality; however, a health model that prioritizes clinical over non-technical skills remains prevalent. The aims of this article were: (a) to validate a communication skills scale in a sample of fourth-year nursing degree students from two Spanish universities and (b) determine their perception of communication skills. The study included 289 fourth-year nursing undergraduate students with a mean age of 22.7 (SD = 4.87) years; 81.7% were female. The Health Professionals Communication Skills Scale (HP-CSS) questionnaire was adapted for use among nursing students. We analysed the psychometric properties and relationships with the variable attitudes toward communication skills. The HP-CSS showed a high internal consistency (0.88) and good fit of data to the model (TLI = 0.98; CFI = 0.97; RMSEA = 0.05 [95% CI = 0.04–0.06]). The total score and subscale scores correlated with the variable attitude towards communication skills. High scores were obtained for the students’ perception of communication skills. The HP-CSS is a valid and reliable tool to assess the communication skills in nursing students. This scale provides university teachers with a rapid and easily applied instrument to assess the level of communication skills and relationship with patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-75890422020-10-29 Psychometric Properties of the Health Professionals Communication Skills Scale in University Students of Health Sciences Juliá-Sanchis, Rocío Cabañero-Martínez, María José Leal-Costa, César Fernández-Alcántara, Manuel Escribano, Silvia Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Communication is one of the determining factors of healthcare quality; however, a health model that prioritizes clinical over non-technical skills remains prevalent. The aims of this article were: (a) to validate a communication skills scale in a sample of fourth-year nursing degree students from two Spanish universities and (b) determine their perception of communication skills. The study included 289 fourth-year nursing undergraduate students with a mean age of 22.7 (SD = 4.87) years; 81.7% were female. The Health Professionals Communication Skills Scale (HP-CSS) questionnaire was adapted for use among nursing students. We analysed the psychometric properties and relationships with the variable attitudes toward communication skills. The HP-CSS showed a high internal consistency (0.88) and good fit of data to the model (TLI = 0.98; CFI = 0.97; RMSEA = 0.05 [95% CI = 0.04–0.06]). The total score and subscale scores correlated with the variable attitude towards communication skills. High scores were obtained for the students’ perception of communication skills. The HP-CSS is a valid and reliable tool to assess the communication skills in nursing students. This scale provides university teachers with a rapid and easily applied instrument to assess the level of communication skills and relationship with patients. MDPI 2020-10-18 2020-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7589042/ /pubmed/33080943 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207565 Text en © 2020 by the authors. 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 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Juliá-Sanchis, Rocío Cabañero-Martínez, María José Leal-Costa, César Fernández-Alcántara, Manuel Escribano, Silvia Psychometric Properties of the Health Professionals Communication Skills Scale in University Students of Health Sciences |
title | Psychometric Properties of the Health Professionals Communication Skills Scale in University Students of Health Sciences |
title_full | Psychometric Properties of the Health Professionals Communication Skills Scale in University Students of Health Sciences |
title_fullStr | Psychometric Properties of the Health Professionals Communication Skills Scale in University Students of Health Sciences |
title_full_unstemmed | Psychometric Properties of the Health Professionals Communication Skills Scale in University Students of Health Sciences |
title_short | Psychometric Properties of the Health Professionals Communication Skills Scale in University Students of Health Sciences |
title_sort | psychometric properties of the health professionals communication skills scale in university students of health sciences |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7589042/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33080943 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207565 |
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