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Breaking bad news to patients with spinal cord injury in Turkey - physiatrists' perspective.
Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine 2017 July
OBJECTIVE: To explore Turkish physiatrists' experiences and opinions about breaking bad news (BBN) to patients with spinal cord injury (SCI).
DESIGN: A cross sectional study.
SETTING: Turkey.
PARTICIPANTS: Sixty-nine physiatrists completed a questionnaire about experiences and opinions regarding BBN and self-assessment of communication skills (CS).
RESULTS: Eleven percent of specialists and 53% of residents were trained on basic CS. All participants believed that physiatrists should play a role in BBN and the majority reported that they delivered the bad news in their clinic. Sixty-seven percent believed that the primary responsibility belongs to physiatrists. Sixty-eight percent reported that the most appropriate time for BBN is during rehabilitation. Self-assessments of CS were considered satisfactory in most steps of SPIKES protocol. Twenty percent told absolute truth to patients while 80% stated that they did so sometimes or partially. Only 41% confirmed that they do not use unrealistic statements to comfort patients. Fewer than 60% stated that they performed the most appropriate and excellent behaviors for items in "empathy" section.
CONCLUSION: Physiatrists had different opinions about the style of BBN. Self-assessments of CS were optimistic, however physiatrists were not fully satisfied with their empathy skills.
DESIGN: A cross sectional study.
SETTING: Turkey.
PARTICIPANTS: Sixty-nine physiatrists completed a questionnaire about experiences and opinions regarding BBN and self-assessment of communication skills (CS).
RESULTS: Eleven percent of specialists and 53% of residents were trained on basic CS. All participants believed that physiatrists should play a role in BBN and the majority reported that they delivered the bad news in their clinic. Sixty-seven percent believed that the primary responsibility belongs to physiatrists. Sixty-eight percent reported that the most appropriate time for BBN is during rehabilitation. Self-assessments of CS were considered satisfactory in most steps of SPIKES protocol. Twenty percent told absolute truth to patients while 80% stated that they did so sometimes or partially. Only 41% confirmed that they do not use unrealistic statements to comfort patients. Fewer than 60% stated that they performed the most appropriate and excellent behaviors for items in "empathy" section.
CONCLUSION: Physiatrists had different opinions about the style of BBN. Self-assessments of CS were optimistic, however physiatrists were not fully satisfied with their empathy skills.
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