Table 2(a).
Mean scores of self-efficacy for (T1) and (T2).
| How confident do you feel being able to… | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) |
p Values |
Number of participants whose score after the course was |
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| Questions | Before | After | t-test | One point less than before | The same as before | One point more than before | Two points more than before | Three points more than before |
| communicate about existential concerns and needs in connection with a disease? | 3.4 (0.8) | 3.9 (0.6) | 0.001 | 0 (0) | 10 (53) | 8 (42) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) |
| communicate about R/S concerns and needs in connection with a disease? | 2.9 (1.1) | 3.7 (0.7) | 0.002 | 1 (5) | 8 (42) | 6 (32) | 3 (16) | 1 (5) |
| listen actively and being present? | 3.9 (0.8) | 4.5 (0.6) | 0.000 | 0 (0) | 7 (37) | 12 (63) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| endure in situations without a solution or a right answer? | 3.5 (0.9) | 3.7 (0.8) | 0.130 | 3 (16) | 10 (53) | 5 (26) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) |
| recognize own professional limits? | 4.0 (0.5) | 4.2 (0.6) | 0.165 | 3 (16) | 10 (53) | 6 (32) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| reflect upon own existential and/or R/S values brought into the consultation? | 3.2 (0.9) | 4.0 (0.7) | 0.000 | 0 (0) | 7 (37) | 8 (42) | 4 (21) | 0 (0) |
| work with own barriers to communicating about existential and R/S issues? | 3.1 (0.8) | 3.9 (0.6) | 0.000 | 0 (0) | 8 (42) | 7 (37) | 3 (16) | 1 (5) |
| make an action plan with the patient based on his/her existential and/or R/S needs? | 3.0 (0.7) | 3.4 (0.7) | 0.014 | 2 (11) | 8 (42) | 8 (42) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) |