Development and validation of The Breaking Bad News Attitudes Scale.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Communication of bad news plays a critical role in the physician-patient relationship, and a variety of consensus guidelines have been developed to this purpose, including the SPIKES protocol. However, little is known about physicians' attitudes towards breaking bad news and to be trained to deliver it. This study aimed to develop and validate a self-report questionnaire to assess physicians' attitudes towards principles of the SPIKES protocol and training on them.

Methods

The Breaking Bad News Attitudes Scale (BBNAS) was administered to 484 pediatricians and 79 medical students, recruited at two scientific conferences and two medical schools in Brazil. The questionnaire structural validity, reliability, and associations with other variables were tested.

Result

SUBMITTER: Dos Santos KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8028222 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature