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. 2010 Dec;15(Suppl 1):395-400.

Effect of communication skill training using group psychoeducation method on the stress level of psychiatry ward nurses

Zahra Ghazavi  1 , Fatemeh Lohrasbi, Tayebeh Mehrabi
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Effect of communication skill training using group psychoeducation method on the stress level of psychiatry ward nurses

Zahra Ghazavi et al. Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res. 2010 Dec.

Abstract

Background: Nursing is a dynamic and supportive job, with the main role of taking care of patients. Maintaining appropriate communication of the nurse with the patients is particularly known as the main core of care in mental health. However, in spite of the importance of providing communication, one of the main sources of stress in nurses of psychiatry wards is communication with the patients. Some important reasons for inappropriate relationship between the nurse and patient can be lack of necessary skills to communicate with patients because of insufficient training. Although training communication skills is an important part of the education of medical and paramedical students, in recent studies it has been demonstrated that the communication skills learned in theoretical courses would not necessarily be transferred to clinical settings, and proving training in clinical settings is a must. The present study was carried out to determine the effect of training communication skills using psychoeducation method on the stress level of nurses of psychiatry wards in 2010.

Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study. The participants were 45 nurses; 23 and 22 in the experiment and control groups, respectively, working in psychiatry wards of Noor and Farabi hospitals, Isfahan, Iran. The sampling was carried out by the census method, and then the participants were randomly assigned to the two groups of experiment and control, using random number table. The two groups filled out the demographic data form and also the questionnaire on nurses' occupational stress, designed by the researcher. The questionnaire was filled out three times; before, immediately after, and one month after the training. Training of communication skills was carried out using group psychoeducation method, in six sessions, each lasted for 1.5 hours. The training sessions of the experiment group were held in Farabi Hospital.

Results: The findings indicated that before the intervention, the members of the two groups had a high level of occupational stress. Immediately after the training, the stress level of the experiment group decreased significantly, and the decrease was sustained for the following one month.

Conclusions: Training communicative skills using group psychoeducation method can decrease the occupational stress of psychiatry ward nurses.

Keywords: Communicative skills; group psychoeducation; psychiatry ward nurses.

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