Table 1.
Demographic data of participants in the test-retest (N = 195). Distribution of gender, profession, age, and former experience with communication training in the four participating departments and in total
| Trained groupa | Not trained group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department | Gastrointestinal n = 34 |
Orthopedics n = 64 |
Oncology n = 75 |
Orthopedics n = 22 |
Total n = 195 |
| Gender | |||||
| Male n (%) | 4 (11.8) | 11 (17.2) | 6 (8.0) | 13 (59.1) | 34 (17.4) |
| Female | 30 (88.2) | 53 (82.8) | 69 (92.0) | 9 (40.9) | 161 (82.6) |
| Age groups | |||||
| Mean (range) (y) | 45 (28–61) | 45 (26–62) | 47 (25–59) | 45 (27–65) | 46 (25–65) |
| Profession, n (%) | |||||
| Physician, specialist | 4 (11.76) | 12 (18.75) | 4 (5.33) | 9 (40.91) | 29 (14.9) |
| Physician, non-specialist | 2 (5.88) | 3 (4.69) | 9 (12.00) | 5 (22.73) | 19 (9.7) |
| Nurses | 25 (73.53) | 47 (73.44) | 56 (74.67) | 7 (31.82) | 135 (69.2) |
| Nursing assistants | 2 (5.88) | 0 (0.00) | 5 (6.67) | 1 (4.55) | 8 (4.1) |
| Others | 1 (2.94) | 2 (3.13) | 1 (1.33) | 0 (0.00) | 4 (2.1) |
| Previously participated in communication courses n (%) | 29 (85.3) | 52 (81.3) | 31 (41.3) | 10 (45.5) | 122 (62.6) |
aDepartments that previously participated in the communication skills training course conducted by The Danish Medical Association