Communication Apprehension Among Health Professions Students in Brazil

Araújo, Dyego Carlos Souza Anacleto de; Rocha, Kérilin Stancine Santos; Cerqueira-Santos, Sabrina; Menezes, Pedro Wlisses dos Santos; Santos, Sylmara Nayara Pereira dos; Santos, Willian Melo dos; Faro, André; Mesquita, Alessandra Rezende; Lyra, Divaldo Pereira de

doi:10.5688/ajpe8603

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“…Further studies are needed to identify if there is any particularity in young people who apply for healthcare profession programmes that may increase anxiety in social contexts. Earlier contributions from cross-sectional studies also found moderate scores in communication apprehension in health students attending nursing [68,69], radiology [69], and pharmacy [68] programmes.…”

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confidence: 81%

Attitudes toward Patient-Centred Care, Empathy, and Assertiveness among Students in Rehabilitation Areas: A Longitudinal Study

Grilo,

Vinagre,

Santos

et al. 2023

Healthcare

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This study assessed attitudes toward patient-centred care, empathy, assertiveness, and subjective perception of communication skills and technical knowledge among Portuguese undergraduate students in healthcare. These students may develop rehabilitation activities with patients in their person-oriented or technique-oriented professions. Portuguese nursing and allied health students from two public higher education schools completed questionnaires in the first and third academic years: Patient-Practitioner Orientation Scale, Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy, Scale for Interpersonal Behaviour, and a subjective perception of technical knowledge and communication skills. A total of 183 students completed the surveys. In the first year, students showed moderate to high scores on patient-centredness attitudes, empathy, and assertiveness and perceived themselves as having good communication skills. Students from person-oriented programmes significantly improved their Total and shared patient-centred attitudes in the third year compared with students attending technique-oriented professions. Significant differences in empathy were found between groups in the third year. Distress associated with assertive behaviours increased significantly across time in students from technique-oriented programmes compared with their peers in person-oriented programmes. The results suggest that the health profession’s orientation and the programmes’ specific curriculum might have a role in how some dimensions evolved in the two groups of students. The increasing assertiveness-related discomfort highlighted the importance of assessing and monitoring students’ emotional wellbeing during their initial interactions with patients.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 81%

Attitudes toward Patient-Centred Care, Empathy, and Assertiveness among Students in Rehabilitation Areas: A Longitudinal Study

Grilo,

Vinagre,

Santos

et al. 2023

Healthcare

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“…Individual factors : Gender was found to be positively associated with CA in 6 out of 9 studies that analyzed gender and CA, with female students reporting higher CA than male students in several studies (Anacleto de Araújo et al, 2022; A. M. Kerr & Thompson, 2022; Lang et al, 1998; McCroskey et al, 1983;O'Donnell, 1998; Pierce, 2016). Three out of 9 studies found no significant differences in CA based on gender (Hashemi et al, 2020; LaRochelle & Karpinski, 2016; Rogers & King, 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

Exploring communication apprehension in nursing and healthcare education: A scoping review

Schulenberg,

Oh,

Goldberg

et al. 2023

Nursing & Health Sciences

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Communication among healthcare professionals is critical to optimizing patient outcomes, and communication education is incorporated into the educational programs of healthcare professions students. Communication can be a source of stress for new healthcare professionals, however, there is a lack of research on communication apprehension (CA) in healthcare students, especially in nursing education. This scoping review sought to explore CA and factors associated with CA among healthcare professions students. This scoping review report was guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (Tricco et al., Annals of Internal Medicine, 2018, 169, 467–473). Twenty studies of healthcare professions students were included for analysis. The percentage of health professions students with high CA ranged from 0.7% to 27%. Five out of seven intervention studies demonstrated a significant decrease in CA after the intervention. This review identified inconsistent associations between CA and various individual and educational factors. More research is needed utilizing rigorous research designs, designs employing qualitative methodology, and studies to investigate the impact of language on CA in health professions students who speak English as a second language.

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“…The need for academics and program administrators to be aware of the anxieties students have regarding oral communication in general and the process of evaluation should also be given further consideration. Therefore, communication skills training programs to reduce students' apprehension are recommended (Araújo et al ., 2022; Hand, 2023). Universities and instructors must be able to help increase the students' SPCC as the higher the students' SPCC, the lower their CA tended to be.…”

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Communication apprehension and self-perceived communication competence: a study of undergraduate students in their final year

Muftah

2023

HESWBL

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PurposeCommunication apprehension (CA) is the fear or anxiety about communicating. In addition, self-perceived communication competence (SPCC) refers to the learners' perception of their competence. CA hampers individuals' ability to communicate effectively in various communication contexts, which has an impact on their employability. Confident communicators with effective communication skills are important issues for graduation as well as desirable attributes for recruiting agencies. Given that employers value graduates who can communicate effectively in the workplace without any apprehension, this study was designed to determine the levels of CA and SPCC among final-year non-English major undergraduate students in Saudi Arabia and the extent to which SPCC could affect their CA when speaking in English with implications for their employability as the next generation of workers.Design/methodology/approachTwo survey questionnaires were administered to 70 non-English major undergraduate students in their final year employing probability random sampling to measure their CA level and to assess their SPCC in different English as foreign language (EFL) contexts. Pearson's correlation and linear regression analysis were used to investigate the relationship between CA and SPCC. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics in SPSS 21.FindingsThe findings indicated a medium level of SPCC and CA. Moreover, the correlation formula revealed that there was a moderately significant association between learners' SPCC and their CA (r (70) = −0.524, p < 0.01). Through regression analysis, it was found that their SPCC could predict 27% of the variance in their CA. The moderate effect of SPCC on CA implied that students could be prepared to cope and perform in the workplace.Originality/valueWithout communication, the establishment and evolution of the human community are unattainable. This aspect is more evident and crucial in the list of graduate objectives and needed outcomes for future career endeavors. The findings encourage instructors and course designers to provide many learning opportunities in pleasurable learning environments to raise students' perceptions of their competence, in turn enhancing their confidence to speak in English and ensuring a smooth transition from academia to the workplace. Based on the findings, several suggestions for future studies in the EFL context are presented.

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Communication Apprehension Among Health Professions Students in Brazil

Cited by 7 publications

References 39 publications

Attitudes toward Patient-Centred Care, Empathy, and Assertiveness among Students in Rehabilitation Areas: A Longitudinal Study

Attitudes toward Patient-Centred Care, Empathy, and Assertiveness among Students in Rehabilitation Areas: A Longitudinal Study

Exploring communication apprehension in nursing and healthcare education: A scoping review

Communication apprehension and self-perceived communication competence: a study of undergraduate students in their final year

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