Impact of a communication skills training on nurses' sensed self-efficacy (ICONS) to engage in challenging conversations with patients and the patients' families

Impact of a communication skills training on nurses' sensed self-efficacy (ICONS) to engage in challenging conversations with patients and the patients' families - ICONS

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00033302

Enrollment

Registered

2024-08-16

Start date

2024-08-27

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-11-24

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Conditions

Self-efficacy to communicate well in challenging conversations

Interventions

Group 1: The intervention comprises a communication training for nurses of all clinical departments in direct patient care working at the University Hospital Cologne. It is a one-day training course o

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Participation in the training programme - Age of majority (=18 years old) - Employed as a nurse in direct patient care at the University Hospital of Cologne - Consent to participate in the study after reading the study information (implied by clicking on the survey link) - Consent to the privacy policy on the first page of the survey - At least advanced knowledge of German

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Failure to meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Difference between the participants’ sense of self-efficacy before, immediately after the communication skills training, and at 3-month follow-up	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Translation into German and adaptation of the English SE-12 questionnaire (Axboe et al. BMC Medical Education (2016) 16:272) for use in Germany with nurses as target group. 2. Participants’ evaluation of the training immediately after the training	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactEyleen Reifarth

Insitut für Pflegewissenschaft

eyleen.reifarth@uk-koeln.de

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026