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Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
Year : 2018, Volume : 9, Issue : 12
First page : ( 612) Last page : ( 617)
Print ISSN : 0976-0245. Online ISSN : 0976-5506.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0976-5506.2018.01905.8

Analysis of factors related to communication skills in midwifery students

Susilaningrum Rekawati1, Utami Sri1, Nursalam Nursalam2,*

1Lecturer, Polytechnic of Health, The Republic of Indonesia, Ministry of Health

2Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya

*Corresponding author: Nursalam Nursalam, E-mail: nursalam@fkp.unair.ac.id

Online published on 9 January, 2019.

Abstract

Introduction

Skills to practice and communication skills is important for midwifery students, The importance of soft skills will later be used when students are in the world of work. This study aims to determine what factors are correlated with the communication skills of midwifery students.

Method

The research design is cross-sectional using a simple random sample. The number of respondents was 38 students. The dependent variable in this study is communication skills. The independent variables are motivation, self-leadership strategies, job satisfaction, self-efficacy, psychological empowerment, task commitment, and communication skills. The analysis used is a statistical test Spearman Rho correlation with p=0.05.

Results

The results showed that motivation has a correlation with communication skills (p=0.00), job satisfaction has a correlation with communication skills (p=0.00) and task commitment has a correlation with communication skills (p = 0.00). At the same time, self-leadership strategy, self-efficacy, psychological empowerment and communication skills do not have a correlation with communication skills (absolute).

Conclusion

Factors related to communication skills are motivation, job satisfaction, and task commitment.

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Keywords

Communication skills, soft skills, education, motivation.

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