Training improves about half of healthcare professional delivery-quality outcomes, with communication (54%) and content-delivery (55%) outcomes improving similarly¶

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q2 i? Across 12 RCTs, 54% of communication-skill outcomes (37 of 68) and 55% of content-delivery outcomes (35 of 64) significantly improved in the intervention arm compared to controls. → Hatfield Thomas G. 2020

Evidence¶

Hatfield Thomas G. 2020¶

Hatfield Thomas G., Withers Thomas M., Greaves Colin J. (2020). Systematic review of the effect of training interventions on the skills of health professionals in promoting health behaviour, with meta-analysis of subsequent effects on patient health behaviours. BMC Health Services Research. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05420-1

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Narrative synthesis of 132 outcomes from the 12 included RCTs, calculating for each study the percentage of delivery-quality outcomes that significantly improved compared to control. The review reports "Communication skills and delivery of intervention content improved significantly for 54% (37 of 68) and 55% (35 of 64) of outcomes respectively." No pooled effect size was computed for delivery quality.

"Communication skills and delivery of intervention content improved significantly for 54% (37 of 68) and 55% (35 of 64) of outcomes respectively."

Discussion¶

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