Background: Bad news refers to any information that create negative changes in a person's understanding or expectations of in present and future. Breaking Bad News (BBN) is a stressful task that may have disturbing effects on the professional performance and general health of the medical staff. Pre-hospital emergency staff often needs to deliver bad news to the patient or his family. This study was conducted to determine the effect of guided group reflection training on the ability and comfort of BBN in pre-hospital emergency staff.
Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 95 staff of the pre-hospital emergency, in the test and the control groups. For the test group, a 4-hour training workshop on BBN was held, and then a group was formed in virtual space to discuss and exchange opinions about the scenarios of BBN and reflecting on it. Data collection tools were SPIKES Questionnaire and the Visual Analogue Mood Scale. The data were analyzed with SPSS .
Results: The mean score of the ability to BBN after the intervention was 44.01 ± 6.21 in the test group and 31.40 ± 4.51 in the control group, and a significant difference was found using the independent t-test (P = 0.0001). Besides, the mean scores of the convenience of BBN in post-test was 5.52 ± 1.64 in the test group and 3.50 ± 1.28 in the control group using the independent t-test with a significant difference (P = 0.0001).
Conclusion: According to the findings, training in guided group reflection improved the ability to BBN and its convenience in pre-hospital emergency staff. Therefore, it is suggested the use of this method in training for health care providers. Relating to BBN.
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