Table 3. Training (group-by-time) effects on the duration of the three phases of the breaking bad news process: MANOVA (n=94).
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Training group (n=48)
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Waiting-list group (n=46)
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MANOVA
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T2
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T1
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T2
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| Mean | s.d. | Mean | s.d. | Mean | s.d. | Mean | s.d. | F1.92 | P-value | F1.92 | P-value | |
| Pre-delivery phase (s) | 113 | 98 | 235 | 139 | 127 | 142 | 106 | 90 | 12.40 | 0.001 | 25.32 | <0.001 |
| Delivery phase (s) | 42 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 36 | 42 | 33 | 32 | 14.09 | <0.001 | 7.09 | 0.009 |
| Post-delivery phase (s) | 1045 | 106 | 943 | 137 | 1037 | 138 | 1061 | 86 | 7.36 | 0.008 | 19.82 | <0.001 |
Abbreviations: T1=at baseline; T2=after training for the training group and after 8 months for the waiting-list group.
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Two residents were excluded from the analysis because they never expressed the word ‘cancer’ at T2.