2021, Volume 14, Issue 4, pp 578 – 586

The perspective of medical staff on improving the integrated communication process – A pilot study

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* Corresponding Author: Iuliana-Raluca Gheorghe, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Department of Healthcare Marketing and Medical Technology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania. Phone: +40724271728; E-mail: raluca.gheorghe@umfcd.ro

Abstract

The quality of working relationships among medical team members is influenced by communication, which has a significant impact on patient safety. Our study took place at the Dr. Nicolae Robanescu National Neurorehabilitation Center for Children, Bucharest, between October and December 2019 and included 44 participants that were grouped into three categories: physicians, physical therapists, and nurses (32 women and 12 men), aged between 23 and 53, all of whom were employed in the same unit. A total of 5 questions were used to select data on communication difficulties. The chi-square test used for statistical analysis revealed no significant differences between the professional categories participating in the research (p>0.05). We suggest increasing the group size in a future study to increase the statistical significance.

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PMC ID: 8485376
PubMed ID: 34621385
DOI: 10.25122/jml-2021-0186

Article Publishing Date (print): Jul-Aug 2021
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ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life

Copyright License: Open Access

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