PPS training increased healthcare practitioners' confidence and self-efficacy, with 48% reporting better ways of making the link between symptoms and psychosocial stressors¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Training increased practitioners' confidence and self-efficacy to treat and manage patients with PPS, and 48% reported better or alternative ways of making the link between interrelated factors as a new learning achievement. → Thursby Stacie 2024 q2 i? In Houwen et al.'s mixed methods study, self-efficacy (SE-12) showed a significant increase in scores across all time points. → Thursby Stacie 2024 (2)

Evidence¶

Thursby Stacie 2024¶

Thursby Stacie, Dismore Lorelle, Swainston Katherine. (2024). Clinical skills development for healthcare practitioners working with patients with persistent physical symptoms (PPS) in healthcare settings: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05306-4

q2 · i? · review · r3

Cross-sectional feasibility questionnaire reported by the review (Morriss et al., 2006); practitioners also reported increased confidence and self-efficacy, with 48% naming better ways of making the link as a new learning achievement.

"Better or alternative ways of making a link between interrelated factors (i.e., between symptoms and psychosocial stressors) was reported to be a new learning achievement by almost half (48%) of healthcare practitioners who took part in the training [31]."

Thursby Stacie 2024 (2)¶

Thursby Stacie, Dismore Lorelle, Swainston Katherine. (2024). Clinical skills development for healthcare practitioners working with patients with persistent physical symptoms (PPS) in healthcare settings: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05306-4

q2 · i? · review · r3

The review reports Houwen et al.'s (2022) mixed methods study of a communication training programme for GP residents, in which self-efficacy was assessed at three time points with a significant increase in scores across all time points; no effect size is printed.

"Self-efficacy (assessed at three time points) • Significant increase in scores across all time points"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Training programmes improved healthcare practitioners' communication with patients with PPS relative to control groups — a broader claim this one bears on
• In the Albright RCT, knowledge, skills, and likelihood to screen increased significantly from pre- to post-test and versus control — related