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21. Deutscher Kongress für Versorgungsforschung

Deutsches Netzwerk Versorgungsforschung e. V.

05.10. - 07.10.2022, Potsdam

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Measuring self-efficacy in patient-centeredness of nurses in oncology – translation and validation of the SEPCQ-27 German version for nurses

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  • Kati Hiltrop - Center for Health Communication and Health Services Research (CHSR), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf (CIO ABCD), Germany
  • Nicole Ernstmann - Center for Health Communication and Health Services Research (CHSR), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf (CIO ABCD), Germany
  • André Karger - Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf (CIO ABCD), Germany; Clinical Institute of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Andrea Petermann-Meyer - Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf (CIO ABCD), Germany; Department of Hematology, Oncology, Hemostaseology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
  • Franziska Geiser - Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf (CIO ABCD), Germany; Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
  • Frank Vitinius - Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf (CIO ABCD), Germany; Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
  • Rebecca Bremen - Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf (CIO ABCD), Germany; Department of Hematology, Oncology, Hemostaseology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
  • Luisa Ernsten - Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf (CIO ABCD), Germany; Clinical Institute of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Daria Kraus - Clinical Trials Centre Cologne, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
  • Astrid Großsteinbeck - Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf (CIO ABCD), Germany; Clinical Institute of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Martina Illig - Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf (CIO ABCD), Germany; Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
  • Gabriele Kirschke - Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf (CIO ABCD), Germany; Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
  • Ambra Marx - Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf (CIO ABCD), Germany; Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
  • Iris Radtke - Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf (CIO ABCD), Germany; Department of Hematology, Oncology, Hemostaseology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
  • Christian Heuser - Center for Health Communication and Health Services Research (CHSR), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf (CIO ABCD), Germany

21. Deutscher Kongress für Versorgungsforschung (DKVF). Potsdam, 05.-07.10.2022. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2022. Doc22dkvf139

doi: 10.3205/22dkvf139, urn:nbn:de:0183-22dkvf1397

Published: September 30, 2022

© 2022 Hiltrop et al.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

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Background and status of (inter)national research: The SEPCQ-27 is a validated instrument in English language to measure physicians’ self-efficacy in patient-centered communication, but is not validated for nurses in oncology in German until now. Research has confirmed that providers’ self-efficacy, as the confidence to perform actions on the basis of her/his communication skills, are linked to exhibiting patient-centered behaviors and attitudes. Furthermore, nurse-patient communication in oncology is an important factor potentially associated with positive outcomes for both sides, but validated instruments focusing on nurses’ communications skills are rare.

Research question and objective: The aim of this study is to translate and validate the German version for nurses in oncology, named SEPCQ-27-GER-Nurses.

Method or hypothesis: The validation study is part of the larger three-arm cluster-randomized intervention trial ‘KommRhein Interpro’ (Effectiveness of an Interprofessional Communication Skills Training for Oncology Teams) sponsored by the German Cancer Aid (DKH) and conducted at the “Centers of Integrated Oncology” of the University Hospitals of Aachen, Bonn, Cologne and Düsseldorf (CIO ABCD) from 2019-2022. Here, baseline data (T0) from n=341 nurses working on an oncology ward unit are used. Professional translation (English-German), back-translation (German-English) and pretesting were performed. Reliability analyses, exploratory factor analysis and multilevel confirmatory factor analyses are conducted to determine the validity of items within the original three-dimensional scale structure.

Results: This is work in progress. The final results will be presented at the DKVF 2022 including all important measures of factor structure, reliability (Cronbachs Alpha) and validity (CFI; TLI; RMSEA).

Discussion: It has to be tested if the German version of the SEPCQ-27 for nurses in oncology is a reliable, valid and feasible instrument to assess the self-efficacy in patient-centeredness of nurses in oncology. If so, it can be used in hospitals or other healthcare settings to assess the self-efficacy as a precondition for nurses’ patient-centered communication in oncology.

Practical implications: In the future, a specific instrument in German to measure the self-efficacy in patient-centeredness for nurses could be available.

Appeal for practice (science and/or care) in one sentence: The SEPCQ27-GER-Nurse makes a contribution to reach and measure patient-centeredness in care.

Funding: Einzelförderung (BMG, DRV, BMBF, DFG, etc); Deutsche Krebshilfe, Fördernummer 70113225