Lanying Qiu, Xi Yang, Yingjun Ye, Guanmian Liang, Jianwen Hou, Shuai Han, Xiaoxue Wen, Xiaoying Shen, Yitong Guo, Haoyang Li, Dan Fan, Shuping Xie, Xiaowei Fu
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Abstract
Objective: We aimed to construct and test the reliability and validity of the communication skill assessment scale in cancer palliative care for healthcare staff.
Methods: The concept of communication skills was defined by the literature review. The palliative care communication skill assessment scale was developed through literature analysis, an open questionnaire survey, and expert correspondence. A total of 485 healthcare staff, including doctors and nurses, who worked in the medical oncology department of a Grade-A oncology hospital in Zhejiang Province were selected to screen the items of the scale and test their reliability and validity.
Results: There were 39 items in the final version of the palliative care communication skill assessment scale for healthcare staff. Through exploratory factor analysis, six common factors were extracted, and the cumulative variance contribution rate was 80.47%. Item content validity index (CVI) ranged from 0.78 to 1.00, and the overall CVI of the scale was 0.91. The internal correlation test showed that the correlation coefficient of each dimension of the scale with a total score was 0.59-0.76 (p < 0.05), and the inter-dimension correlation coefficient was 0.46-0.51 (p < 0.05). The Kronbach coefficient of the aggregate table was 0.928. The retest reliability was 0.89. The broken half reliability was 0.84.
Conclusion: The palliative care communication skill assessment scale we constructed has good reliability and validity, and it can be used to evaluate the communication skills of healthcare staff during palliative care.
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology publishes articles related to surgical oncology and its allied subjects, such as epidemiology, cancer research, biomarkers, prevention, pathology, radiology, cancer treatment, clinical trials, multimodality treatment and molecular biology. Emphasis is placed on original research articles. The journal also publishes significant clinical case reports, as well as balanced and timely reviews on selected topics.
Oncology is a multidisciplinary super-speciality of which surgical oncology forms an integral component, especially with solid tumors. Surgical oncologists around the world are involved in research extending from detecting the mechanisms underlying the causation of cancer, to its treatment and prevention. The role of a surgical oncologist extends across the whole continuum of care. With continued developments in diagnosis and treatment, the role of a surgical oncologist is ever-changing. Hence, World Journal of Surgical Oncology aims to keep readers abreast with latest developments that will ultimately influence the work of surgical oncologists.
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