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JMIR human factors
communication basic need humans identifying factors prevent effective nursepatient communication allows better implementation necessary measures modify barriers study aims compare barriers effective nursepatient communication perspectives nurses patients covid19 noncovid19 wards crosssectional descriptive study conducted 2022 participants included 200 nurses stratified sampling method 200 patients systematic random sampling referred two conveniently selected hospitals shahroud iran inclusion criteria nurses considered least bachelors degree minimum literacy level patients complete questionnaires data collected demographic information form questionnaire 30 15 questions nurses patients contained similar questions nurses based 5point likert scale data analysis using descriptive indices inferential statistics linear regression spss software version 18 high workload nursing excessive expectations patients difficulty nursing work identified nurses main communication barriers patients viewpoints aggressiveness nurses lack facilities welfare treatment unsanitary conditions rooms main communication barriers regression model revealed mean score barriers communication among nurses would decrease 048 unit age increase additionally patients residence explained 23 nurses barriers communication meaning native participants obtained mean score 283 units less nonnative nurses statistically significant difference covid noncovid wards study domain job characteristics identified nurses major barrier patients emphasized factors domain individualsocial factors pressing need pay attention barriers eliminate necessary measures nursing administrators