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Table 2 Pearson’s correlations of the BBNAS scores with other measures

From: Development and validation of The Breaking Bad News Attitudes Scale

 

SPIKES concordance

BBN training

Jefferson Perspective Taking (total score)

0.24**

0.11*

SPS 1. Breaking bad news

0.15**

−0.11*

SPS 2. Dealing with the patient’s emotions

0.18**

−0.08

SPS 3. Comforting the patient

0.10*

−0.08

  1. BBNAS Breaking Bad News Attitudes Scale. SPS Self-perceived skills related to deliverying bad news to patients
  2. *p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.001