Aurore Liénard1, France Delevallez2, Darius Razavi1, Anne-Sophie Gibon2, Yves Libert1, Nicole Delvaux3, Serge Marchal4, Anne-Marie Etienne5, Isabelle Bragard5, Christine Reynaert6, Jean-Louis Slachmuylder7, Jean-François Durieux7, Christine Farvacques7, Pierre Scalliet8, Paul Van Houtte9, Philippe Coucke10, Isabelle Merckaert11. 1. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculté des Sciences Psychologiques et de l'Éducation, Belgium; Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. 2. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculté des Sciences Psychologiques et de l'Éducation, Belgium. 3. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculté des Sciences Psychologiques et de l'Éducation, Belgium; Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium; Hôpital Universitaire Erasme, Service de Psychologie, Brussels, Belgium. 4. Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium; Hôpital Universitaire Erasme, Service de Psychologie, Brussels, Belgium; C.P.O. (Centre de Psycho-Oncologie), Brussels, Belgium. 5. Université de Liège, Faculté des Sciences Psychologiques et de l'Éducation, Belgium. 6. Université Catholique de Louvain, Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Éducation, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; Université Catholique de Louvain, Faculté de Médecine, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. 7. C.P.O. (Centre de Psycho-Oncologie), Brussels, Belgium. 8. Université Catholique de Louvain, Faculté de Médecine, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. 9. Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium; Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculté de Médecine, Belgium. 10. Université de Liège, Faculté de Médecine, Belgium. 11. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculté des Sciences Psychologiques et de l'Éducation, Belgium; Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. Electronic address: Isabelle.Merckaert@ulb.ac.be.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of a 38-h communication skills training program designed for multidisciplinary radiotherapy teams. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Four radiotherapy teams were randomly assigned to a training program or to a waiting list. Assessments were scheduled at baseline (T1) and then after the training was completed or four months later (T2), respectively. Communication around radiotherapy delivery was assessed based on audio recordings of the first and last radiotherapy sessions in order to assess team members' communication skills and the expression of concerns by breast cancer patients (analyzed with content analysis software LaComm). RESULTS: 198 radiotherapy sessions were recorded. During the first radiotherapy sessions, members of the trained teams exhibited more assessment skills (p=0.048), provided more setting information (p<0.001), and used more social words (p=0.019) compared to the members of the untrained teams. During the last radiotherapy session, members of the trained teams used more assessment skills (p=0.004) and patients interacting with members of the trained teams expressed more sadness words (p=0.023). CONCLUSION: Training of multidisciplinary teams has the potential to transfer skills that affect the short exchanges that take place around radiotherapy delivery.
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of a 38-h communication skills training program designed for multidisciplinary radiotherapy teams. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Four radiotherapy teams were randomly assigned to a training program or to a waiting list. Assessments were scheduled at baseline (T1) and then after the training was completed or four months later (T2), respectively. Communication around radiotherapy delivery was assessed based on audio recordings of the first and last radiotherapy sessions in order to assess team members' communication skills and the expression of concerns by breast cancerpatients (analyzed with content analysis software LaComm). RESULTS: 198 radiotherapy sessions were recorded. During the first radiotherapy sessions, members of the trained teams exhibited more assessment skills (p=0.048), provided more setting information (p<0.001), and used more social words (p=0.019) compared to the members of the untrained teams. During the last radiotherapy session, members of the trained teams used more assessment skills (p=0.004) and patients interacting with members of the trained teams expressed more sadness words (p=0.023). CONCLUSION: Training of multidisciplinary teams has the potential to transfer skills that affect the short exchanges that take place around radiotherapy delivery.
Authors: Ana M Grilo; Ana I Gomes; Fátima Monsanto; Daniel Albino; Cláudio Augusto; Catarina Pragana Journal: Support Care Cancer Date: 2019-06-21 Impact factor: 3.603
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