The effectiveness of communication skills training on the quality of life and mental health of nurses

نویسندگان

1 PhD in Health Psychology, Ferdous Ara Pharmaceutical, Tehran, Iran

2 Master of Business Administration, Raha Gostar Yekta, Qazvin, Iran

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چکیده

Background and Objective: The purpose of this research is the effectiveness of teaching communication skills on the quality of life and mental health of nurses. The design of this research was semi-experimental, pre-test-post-test. The community of this research is Karaj nurses. Materials and Methods: The sample of this research included 15 nurses from Karaj. These people were selected by voluntary sampling method with replacement and random application and 15 people were evaluated before the training through the questionnaire of communication skills, quality of life and mental aspect and after the training they were evaluated again by the aforementioned questionnaires. Eight sessions of two days a week with two hours a day of Dr. Qasimiannejad's communication skills package were conducted by researchers (Malekzadeh and Alishiri) in Februrary 2020. The research data was analyzed with SPSS version 22 software. Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference in the components of general psychology, anxiety, depression and aggression in the pre-test and post-test of the experimental group, so that the presence of these components in the experimental group decreased after training. Conclusions: It can be concluded that teaching communication skills can improve the mental health and quality of life of people.