The quality of patient-nurse communication perceived before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: an Italian pilot study.


Journal

Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis
ISSN: 2531-6745
Titre abrégé: Acta Biomed
Pays: Italy
ID NLM: 101295064

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
29 07 2021
Historique:
received: 02 02 2021
accepted: 02 07 2021
entrez: 30 7 2021
pubmed: 31 7 2021
medline: 4 8 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Therapeutic communication is essential for assessing the quality of care of patients. The present study aimed how the forced use of the mask influenced the communication before and during the Covid-19 pandemic. An online questionnaire was administered including two socio-demographic items, such as sex, as male and female, and role, as nurse or patient, and the Quality of Communication Questionnaire (QOC) for twice, referring to the period before during the pandemic. 178 subjects participated in the study, of which 60 (33.7%) were patients and 118 (66.3%) were nurses. During the pandemic, patients reported no significant differences in the perception of the quality of nurse-patient communication. While nurses recorded a lower perception of communication quality during the pandemic period than before. It emerged an urgent need to support the nursing activity from an organizational point of view, with less work overload, and psychological, with forms of help so that nurses could feel supported in the work fatigue, trying to give the best of himself.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE WORK
Therapeutic communication is essential for assessing the quality of care of patients. The present study aimed how the forced use of the mask influenced the communication before and during the Covid-19 pandemic.
METHODS
An online questionnaire was administered including two socio-demographic items, such as sex, as male and female, and role, as nurse or patient, and the Quality of Communication Questionnaire (QOC) for twice, referring to the period before during the pandemic.
RESULTS
178 subjects participated in the study, of which 60 (33.7%) were patients and 118 (66.3%) were nurses. During the pandemic, patients reported no significant differences in the perception of the quality of nurse-patient communication. While nurses recorded a lower perception of communication quality during the pandemic period than before.
CONCLUSIONS
It emerged an urgent need to support the nursing activity from an organizational point of view, with less work overload, and psychological, with forms of help so that nurses could feel supported in the work fatigue, trying to give the best of himself.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34328139
doi: 10.23750/abm.v92iS2.11300
pmc: PMC8383229
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

e2021035

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Auteurs

Elsa Vitale (E)

Department of Mental Health, Local Health Authority Bari, Italy. vitaleelsa@libero.it.

Maria Pia Giammarinaro (MP)

Bed Management, Arnas Civico, Palermo, Italy. mariapiagiammarinaro@gmail.com.

Roberto Lupo (R)

San Giuseppe da Copertino hospital, Lecce, Italy. roberto.lupo@uniba.it.

Valeria Archetta (V)

Borgo San Nicola Penitentiary Institute, Lecce, Italy. archettavaleria@hotmail.it.

Rosa Silvia Fortunato (RS)

Department of Mental Health, Local Healthcare Company Bologna, Italy. silviafortunato.19@gmail.com.

Cosimo Caldararo (C)

University of Bari, Lecce headquartes, Italy. cosimo.caldararo@uniba.it.

Francesco Germini (F)

Direction of Health Professions, Local Healthcare Company Bari, Italy. germini@email.it.

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