The Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of Interpersonal Communication Questionnaire

The Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of Interpersonal Communication Questionnaire in Physiotherapy Students

In a study conducted by Lewis et al. in 2008, an "interpersonal communication" questionnaire was developed to measure the perceived interpersonal skills of physiotherapy and rehabilitation students regarding patient interaction. It was determined that the questionnaire used especially after the simulated patient training increased the communication of physiotherapy and rehabilitation students after the simulated patient training. However, the questionnaire was not translated into Turkish and its validity and reliability were not investigated. Therefore, in this study, the authors aim to investigate the Turkish validity and reliability of the Interpersonal Communication Questionnaire as the primary purpose. Secondly, to investigate the effect of simulated patient experience on the perceived interpersonal skills of physiotherapy and rehabilitation students regarding patient interaction at the time of the clinical trial.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Educational Problems
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: simulated patient

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 60

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Istanbul, Turkey, +90
    • Acıbadem University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 25 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

60 second year students aged 18-23 studying at the physiotherapy and rehabilitation department of Acibadem mehmet ali aydınlar university are planned to participate in the research.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Students taking the Measurement and Evaluation II course in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not volunteering
• Those who are being treated with any psychiatric diagnosis
• Students who fail the course or fail to pass it successfully

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort

Intervention / Treatment

Students; 60 second-year students studying at the Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation at University are planned to attend.

Other: simulated patient; In the last month of the Measurement and Evaluation course in Physiotherapy, a simulated patient session will be held four times (with disease in the cervical-lumbar-shoulder and knee region). Students will be evaluated by the methods they learned about patients. 10 days before and after the simulated patient sessions, the questionnaire will be applied in Turkish for validity and reliability, and then the questionnaire will be repeated after the simulated patient sessions are over, and the effect of the smile patient sessions on the perceived communication skills of the patient will be examined.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Interpersonal Communication Questionnaire	Eight statements were constructed; four related to a sub-scale measuring factors associated with communication anxiety, and four related to communication confidence. Each statement had a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree. Sub-scale scores ranged from a possible 4-20; a higher score indicating either higher levels of communication confidence or anxiety.	Change from Baseline Scores at 2 week and 6. week

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Visual Analog Scale	A visual analog scale between 0 and 10 will be used to evaluate communication anxiety, stress, motivation and success that may occur when students go into clinical practice at the beginning and end of the term and when they meet with the patient.Zero will be determined to be none at all, and 10 to the maximum I can think of	Change from Baseline Scores at 6. week
Interpersonal Communication Competence Inventory	Huang and Lin (18) developed the CITI based on four basic skill areas (listening skill, empathy skill, expression skill, social relaxation skill) in order to evaluate the communication competence of university students in accordance with the relational approach.The scores that can be obtained from the measurement tool vary between 15 and 75. Items 10 and 13 are reverse scored. A high score on the measurement tool indicates a high level of interpersonal communication competence.	Change from Baseline Scores at 6. week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Acibadem University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Nuray ALACA, Acibadem University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 15, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 1, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): June 30, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 30, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 2, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): June 3, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 20, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 19, 2022
• Last Verified: July 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: ATADEK-2022/08/01

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No