title: Improving communication in cancer pain management nursing: a randomized controlled study assessing the efficacy of a communication skills training program.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Effective communication is needed for optimal cancer pain management. This study assessed the efficacy of a general communication skills training program for oncology nurses on communication about pain management.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 115 nurses were randomly assigned to a training group (TG) or control group (CG). The assessment included the recording of interviews with a simulated cancer patient at baseline for both groups and after training (TG) or 3 months after baseline (CG). Two psychologists rated the content of interview transcripts to assess cancer pain management communication. Group-by-time effects were measured using a generalized estimating equation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Trained nurses asked the simulated patient more questions about emotions associated with pain (relative rate [RR] = 4.28, p = 0.049) and cognitions associated with pain treatment (RR = 3.23, p < 0.001) and used less paternalistic statements about cancer pain management (RR = 0.40, p = 0.006) compared with untrained nurses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The general communication skills training program improved only a few of the communication strategies needed for optimal cancer pain management in nursing. General communication skills training programs should be consolidated using specific modules focusing on communication skills related to cancer pain management.
authors.affiliation: Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50 Avenue F.D. Roosevelt, 1050, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Canivet
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Delvaux
authors.forename: Anne-Sophie
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Gibon
authors.forename: Cyrielle
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brancart
authors.forename: Jean-Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Slachmuylder
authors.forename: Darius
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Razavi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D004493:Education; D004521:Educational Measurement; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D016544:Patient Simulation; D012107:Research Design; D066107:Social Skills
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