Research Article

Communication Training Improves Sense of Performance Expectancy of Public Health Nurses Engaged in Long-Term Elderly Prevention Care Program

Table 4

Comparison of service user’s satisfaction and spontaneous behavior in one and three months after public health nurses’ 1-day training seminar.

Supervised group 
Seminar group 
Control group 
ANOVA value

Outcome of service user (T2)*
 Satisfaction with communication, mean (SD)36.1 (6.0)36.5 (6.4)36.0 (6.1)0.869
 General satisfaction with public health nurse, mean (SD)13.1 (2.4)13.4 (2.3)13.1 (2.2)0.556
 Spontaneous behavior, mean (SD)11.2 (2.7)11.3 (2.8)11.1 (2.9)0.898

Outcome of service user (T3)
 Satisfaction with communication, mean (SD)35.2 (6.2)35.6 (6.1)35.6 (5.7)0.872
 General satisfaction with public health nurse, mean (SD)12.9 (2.4)13.0 (2.3)11.2 (2.6)0.914
 Spontaneous behavior, mean (SD)10.9 (3.1)10.9 (3.0)11.2 (2.7)0.763

*T2: one month after the 1-day training seminar.
T3: three months after the 1-day training seminar.