Table 2 Description of the two most important strategies for each group in total and according to whether the participants had experience in palliative care
From: Communication strategies for adults in palliative care: the speech-language therapists’ perspective
Variable | Total (n = 97) | With PC experience (n = 40) | Without PC experience (n = 57) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Environmental | ||||
Adjusting the patient’s position | 0.517 | |||
Important | 10 (10) | 3 (8) | 7 (12) | |
Very important | 87 (90) | 37 (93) | 50 (88) | |
Minimising environmental noise * | 0.935 | |||
Important | 22 (23) | 9 (23) | 13 (23) | |
Very important | 74 (77) | 31 (78) | 43 (77) | |
Non-verbal | ||||
Establishing eye contact | 1.000 | |||
Important | 5 (5) | 2 (5) | 3 (5) | |
Very important | 92 (95) | 38 (95) | 54 (94) | |
Adjusting the pace of speech | 0.767 | |||
Important | 13 (13) | 6 (15) | 7 (12) | |
Very important | 84 (87) | 34 (85) | 50 (88) | |
Verbal | ||||
Adjusting language level | 0.792 | |||
Not very important | 1 (1) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | |
Important | 5 (5) | 2 (5) | 3 (5) | |
Very important, | 91 (94) | 37 (93) | 54 (95) | |
One topic at a time | 1.000 | |||
Not very important | 2 (2) | 1 (3) | 1 (2) | |
Important | 7 (7) | 3 (8) | 4 (7) | |
Very important | 88 (91) | 36 (90) | 52 (91) | |
Visuals | ||||
Images of interest to the patient | 1.000 | |||
Not very important | 1 (1) | 0(0) | 1 (2) | |
Important | 16 (17) | 7(18) | 9 (16) | |
Very important | 80 (83) | 33(83) | 47 (83) | |
Using patient’s personal belongings | 0.829 | |||
Not very important | 2 (2) | 1 (3) | 1 (2) | |
Important | 27 (28) | 10 (25) | 17 (30) | |
Very important | 68 (70) | 29 (73) | 39 (68) | |
Forms of communication | ||||
Multimodal | 0.866 | |||
Not very important | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | |
Important | 14 (14) | 5 (13) | 9 (16) | |
Very important | 82 (85) | 35 (88) | 47 (83) | |
Oral | 0.114 | |||
Important | 17 (18) | 4 (10) | 13 (23) | |
Very important | 80 (83) | 36(90) | 44 (77) | |
Formal strategies | ||||
Simplified language | 0.549 | |||
Important | 13 (13) | 4 (10) | 9 (16) | |
Very important | 84 (87) | 36 (90) | 48 (84) | |
Structured pauses | 1.000 | |||
Important | 20 (21) | 8 (20) | 12 (21) | |
Very important | 77 (79) | 32 (80) | 45 (79) | |
Assistive technologies | ||||
Table with images | 0.523 | |||
Important | 36 (37) | 13 (33) | 23 (40) | |
Very important | 61 (63) | 27 (68) | 34 (60) | |
Book with pictures | 0.356 | |||
Not very important | 3 (3) | 0 (0) | 3 (5) | |
Important | 43 (44) | 19 (48) | 24 (42) | |
Very important | 51 (53) | 21 (53) | 30 (53) |