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Norio Sasaki1, Hironori Somemura, Saki Nakamura
1Department of Occupational Mental Health, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University, Kanagawa (Drs Sasaki, Somemura, Nakamura, Yamamoto, Isojima, Tanaka); and Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Research, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan (Drs Shinmei, Horikoshi).
Objective:
Stimulating communication is an important workplace issue. We investigated the effects of a brief communication skills training (CST) program based on the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
Methods:
A randomized controlled trial was conducted on 206 white-collar workers. The intervention group underwent a 2-hour CST group training conducted by an occupational physician.
Result:
The results of the intention-to-treat analysis using a mixed-effects model showed that there was a significant interaction between group and time observed for the item "thinking together to solve problems and issues" (P = 0.02). The effect size (Cohen d) was 0.35 (95% confidence interval, 0.07 to 0.62).
Conclusions:
The present study suggests that a brief CST based on the principles of CBT could improve the communication behavior of workers.
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