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ArticleWorld journal of surgical oncology2025

Construction and verification of reliability and validity of the communication skill assessment scale in cancer palliative care for healthcare staff.

Lanying Qiu, Xi Yang, Yingjun Ye, Guanmian Liang, Jianwen Hou, Shuai Han, Xiaoxue Wen, Xiaoying Shen, Yitong Guo, Haoyang Li and 3 more

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Lanying Qiu *Department of Medical Oncology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, No.1 Banshan Road, Banshan Street, Hangzhou, Gongshu District, Zhejiang Province, 310022, China.
Xi Yang *Department of Medical Oncology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, No.1 Banshan Road, Banshan Street, Hangzhou, Gongshu District, Zhejiang Province, 310022, China.
Yingjun Ye *Department of Medical Oncology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, No.1 Banshan Road, Banshan Street, Hangzhou, Gongshu District, Zhejiang Province, 310022, China.
Guanmian LiangDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310022, China.
Jianwen HouDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310022, China.
Shuai HanDepartment of Medical Oncology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, No.1 Banshan Road, Banshan Street, Hangzhou, Gongshu District, Zhejiang Province, 310022, China.
Xiaoxue WenDepartment of Medical Oncology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, No.1 Banshan Road, Banshan Street, Hangzhou, Gongshu District, Zhejiang Province, 310022, China.
Xiaoying ShenDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310022, China.
Yitong GuoMuDi Meng Honors College, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211198, China.
Haoyang LiFaculty of Nursing, Guangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi, 530000, China.
Dan FanAnxiang People's Hospital, Changde, Hunan, 415600, China.
Shuping XieDepartment of Medical Oncology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, No.1 Banshan Road, Banshan Street, Hangzhou, Gongshu District, Zhejiang Province, 310022, China. xiesp@zjcc.org.cn.
Xiaowei FuDepartment of Medical Oncology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, No.1 Banshan Road, Banshan Street, Hangzhou, Gongshu District, Zhejiang Province, 310022, China. xwfanny@163.com.

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Abstract

objectiveWe aimed to construct and test the reliability and validity of the communication skill assessment scale in cancer palliative care for healthcare staff.

methodsThe 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.

resultsThere 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.

conclusionThe 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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Clinical CompetenceCommunicationHealth PersonnelNeoplasmsPalliative CareAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesCommunication skillHealthcare staffPalliative careReliabilityValidity

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