Effects of a Culturally Specific End-of-life Communication Skills Training for Chinese Oncology Nurses
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 148
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change from Baseline Skills at 3 months
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of culturally specific end-of-life communication skills training (CST) among Chinese oncology nurses.
The main question it aims to answer is: What is the effectiveness of culturally specific end-of-life CST among Chinese oncology nurses? Participants will receive an 8-week communication skills training. Researchers will compare the intervention group and the wait-list group to see if skills, self-efficacy, and outcome expectancy beliefs will be improved.
详细描述
Objectives: The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of culturally specific end-of-life CST among Chinese oncology nurses.
Design and participants: It is designed as a single-blind, pre-post randomized controlled trial (RCT). Registered nurses who work with advanced cancer patients in hospital settings will be recruited. The participants will be randomly assigned to either the intervention group (IG) or the control group (CG). The IG will receive the end-of-life CST between the two measurement points, and the CG will be a waitlist group and receive the training after the end of data collection.
Data analysis: Demographic information about the participants will be summarised in descriptive statistics. Independent t-tests and chi-square tests are used to investigate the comparability of groups in terms of the demographics generated by randomization. The primary and secondary outcome variables will be examined using covariate-adjusted linear mixed models. This approach enables the consideration of missing data. For non-repeated continuous measurements, ordinary linear regression and logistic models will be adopted. The intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis and post hoc analyses of contaminated data will be performed.
Expected results: Nurses' skills, self-efficacy, and outcome expectancy beliefs will improve after the CST.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Sequential
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Registered nurses who work with advanced cancer patients in hospital settings
- •Consent to participate in the study
排除标准
- •Nurses working temporarily in the two hospitals as scholars or trainees from other hospitals
- •Specialized nurses in palliative care
研究组 & 干预措施
Intervention group (IG)
The IG will receive the end-of-life CST between the two measurement points
干预措施: The end-of-life communication skills training (Other)
Control group (CG)
The CG will be a waitlist group and receive the training after the end of data collection.
干预措施: Routine training activity (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Change from Baseline Skills at 3 months
时间窗: up to 3 months
Measured by Nurses' Clinic Communication Competency Scale, a 58-item self-reported scale which measures six dimensions. A 5-point Likert scale from (1) very poor to (5) very good is used. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
次要结局
- Change from Baseline Self-efficacy at 3 months(up to 3 months)
- Change from Baseline Outcome expectancy beliefs 3 months(up to 3 months)
研究者
Dr Joyce Chung
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University