Communication Skills Training for Healthcare Workers as a technique to reduce patient perpetrated violence: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Patient aggression; Traumatic Stress; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12614000735651
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Otago

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-07-11
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

Working in a healthcare or disability setting.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Caring for a member of one's personal family.
2. Unable to speak English.
3. Not a Registered Health Care Professional

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Perception of Patient Aggression Scale, NZ modification (POPAS-NZ)[Baseline, post intervention (at week four), one month later (week eight, three and six months later]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Impact of Events Scale, Revised, Patient completed.[Baseline, post intervention (at week four), one month later (week eight, three and six months later];Interpersonal communication competence scale (ICCS)[Baseline, post intervention (at week four), one month later (week eight, three and six months later];Kessler 10, Patient completed[Baseline, post intervention (at week four), one month later (week eight, three and six months later]