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Tian X, Zheng X, Peng Y, Zhou X, Huang B, Xie Y, Xiao W. The effects of hospice care education on first-year undergraduate nursing students in mainland China: A mixed-methods study. NURSE EDUCATION TODAY 2024; 134:106095. [PMID: 38266431 DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/14/2024] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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BACKGROUND With the rising number of people with end-stage chronic diseases, the demand for hospice care has increased dramatically. As the future health professionals for the implementation of hospice care, undergraduate nursing students in mainland China still lack knowledge and skills of hospice care, thus hospice care education plays a vital role in its development. OBJECTIVES To understand the effects of hospice care education on nursing students' death attitudes, end-of-life attitudes, humanistic care qualities, and their learning experiences. DESIGN This study used a mixed-methods design. SETTING A University of Chinese Medicine in mainland China. PARTICIPANTS The first-year undergraduate nursing students (n = 65). METHODS A mixed-methods study was conducted to evaluate the impact of a hospice care course from March to June 2021. The quantitative part included a quasi-experimental study designed with pre- and post-intervention measurements and the qualitative part included a descriptive qualitative study with semi-structured individual interviews. RESULTS The quantitative data revealed that after the course, nursing students experienced improvements in their death attitudes, end-of-life attitudes, and humanistic care qualities. Two categories were identified from the qualitative data. The category of "Gain from learning" included 4 themes (Confronting death and thinking about life; Understanding and agreeing with the idea of hospice care; Perceiving the humanistic spirit of medicine; Enhancing of the nursing discipline cognition and professional identity) and the category of "Course feedback" included 2 themes (Expressing recognition for the course arrangement; Making suggestions on the course optimization). CONCLUSIONS Hospice care education had a positive influence on nursing students. Students expressed satisfaction with the course arrangement. However, future hospice care courses should further optimize the curriculum designs by increasing the discussion of death-related topics, sharing more real clinical cases, recruiting students from different majors, and providing clinical practice, to provide high-quality nursing education for the development of hospice care.
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- Xia Tian
- School of Nursing, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, PR China
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- School of Nursing, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, PR China
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- School of Nursing, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, PR China
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- School of Nursing, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, PR China
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- School of Nursing, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, PR China
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- School of Nursing, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, PR China
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- School of Nursing, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, PR China.
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Uno A. How Views on Death and Time Perspectives Relate to Palliative Care Nurses' Attitudes Toward Terminal Care? OMEGA-JOURNAL OF DEATH AND DYING 2024; 88:1031-1050. [PMID: 34872421 DOI: 10.1177/00302228211055269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This study's purpose was to explore how palliative care nurses' views on death and time perspectives are related to their terminal care attitudes. A questionnaire survey-consisting of the Death Attitude Inventory, Experiential Time Perspective Scale, and the Japanese version of the Frommelt Attitudes Toward Care of the Dying Scale-was administered to 300 individuals. Cluster analysis was conducted to categorize the way nurses perceive death, which revealed four types: Avoidant, middle, accepting, and indifferent. As a result of the analysis of variance on the terminal care attitudes, based on the types of views on death and time attitudes, it was found that the middle and accepting types, as well as the adaptive formation of time attitudes, were related to positive terminal care attitudes. In conclusion, more effective improvements in attitudes toward terminal care can be expected by incorporating time perspective, in addition to the conventional approaches focusing on death.
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- Akari Uno
- Graduate School of Education, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow, Japan
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Chen X, Su M, Arber A, Qiao C, Wu J, Sun C, Wang D, Zhou H, Zhu Z. Exploring the variations in death anxiety among oncology nurses in China: a latent class analysis. BMC Palliat Care 2023; 22:176. [PMID: 37946173 PMCID: PMC10634125 DOI: 10.1186/s12904-023-01282-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Various factors have been found to be associated with high levels of death anxiety experienced by oncology nurses. The aim of this study was to use a person-oriented approach to examine the death anxiety patterns of Chinese oncology nurses and to analyze the differences in anxiety characteristics and their associated influencing factors. METHODS A cross-sectional survey regarding palliative care among registered oncology nurses was conducted in Jiangsu Province, China.Latent class analyses was applied to identify their patterns of death anxiety. The score of PCQN-C (The Chinese version of the Palliative Care Quiz for Nursing) and FATCOD-B-C (The Chinese version of the Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying scale), the demographic and working characteristics were further analyzed through covariance analysis (ANCOVA) and multivariate (or logistic) regression across the subgroups. RESULTS A two-potential-category model was selected based on the fit index. The results showed that 79% of oncology nurses belonged to the high pressure and pain group and 21% belonged to the low death anxiety group. The high pressure and pain group had significantly higher scores in the dimensions of emotion, stress and pain, time awareness, and cognition compared to the low death anxiety group. Factors influencing the high pressure and pain group included shorter working years, non-national or provincial oncology nursing specialists, non-national palliative care specialists, never discussing the topic of death with patients or family members, no palliative care related training, and PCQN and FATCOD scores. CONCLUSIONS Our study suggests that oncology nurses' death anxiety can be divided into two categories: low death anxiety and high stress pain, and certain factors, such as being female, having a short work experience, and lacking palliative care-related training, increase the likelihood of death anxiety.
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- Xian Chen
- Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital), Nanjing, Nanjing, 210004, China
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- School of Nursing, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- School of Health and Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK
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- Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital), Nanjing, Nanjing, 210004, China
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- Geriatrics Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China
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- Jiangsu Nursing Association, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- Oncology Department, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221002, China
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- Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital), Nanjing, Nanjing, 210004, China.
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- Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital), Nanjing, Nanjing, 210004, China.
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Ödek Ö, Savas M, Özkan F, Zincir H. The Reliability and Validity Study of Turkish Version of the Death Depression Scale-Revised Among Nurses. OMEGA-JOURNAL OF DEATH AND DYING 2023:302228231210898. [PMID: 37899585 DOI: 10.1177/00302228231210898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2023]
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The study aimed to establish the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Death Depression Scale-Revised (DDS-R) with a sample of 284 nurses. Cronbach's coefficient for the whole scale was .909 and the sub-dimension values were calculated as .934, .798, .715, and .537. The test-retest reliability coefficient was found to be .880. The content validity index (CVI) of the scale was calculated as .86. The results of the exploratory factor analysis showed that 62.254% variance was explained in 4 sub-dimensions of the scale (existential vacuum, death emptiness, other death, death sadness). Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that a four-dimensional structure yielded a good fit (X2/df = 3.124, RMSEA = .087). TDDS-R was found to be a valid and reliable measurement tool in determining the death depression levels of nurses.
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- Ömer Ödek
- Kayseri City Training and Research Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey
- Health Scieneces Institute, Erciyes University, Talas, Turkey
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- Health Scieneces Institute, Erciyes University, Talas, Turkey
- Department of Public Health Nursing, Adıyaman University, Adiyaman, Turkey
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- Department of Public Health Nursing, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Department of Public Health Nursing, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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Alshammari F, Sim J, Lapkin S, McErlean G. Registered Nurses' attitudes towards end-of-life care: A sequential explanatory mixed method study. J Clin Nurs 2023; 32:7162-7174. [PMID: 37300363 DOI: 10.1111/jocn.16787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Revised: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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AIMS To examine registered nurses' attitudes about end-of-life care and explore the barriers and facilitators that influence the provision of high-quality end-of-life care. DESIGN A sequential explanatory mixed methods research design was used. METHODS An online cross-sectional survey was distributed to 1293 registered nurses working in five different hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Frommelt Attitudes Towards Care of the Dying Scale was used to assess nurses' attitudes towards end-of-life care. Following the survey, a subset of registered nurses were interviewed using individual semi-structured interviews. RESULTS Four hundred and thirty-one registered nurses completed the online survey, and 16 of them participated in individual interviews. Although nurses reported positive attitudes towards caring for dying patients and their families in most items, they identified negative attitudes towards talking with patients about death, their relationship with patients' families and controlling their emotions. The individual interview data identified the barriers and facilitators that registered nurses experience when providing end-of-life care. Barriers included a lack of communication skills and family and cultural and religious resistance to end-of-life care. The facilitators included gaining support from colleagues and patients' families. CONCLUSION This study has identified that while registered nurses hold generally favourable attitudes towards end-of-life care, they have negative attitudes towards talking with patients and families about death and managing their emotional feelings. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE Education providers and leaders in healthcare settings should consider developing programmes for undergraduate nurses and nurses in clinical practice to raise awareness about the concept of death in a cross-section of cultures. Nurses' attitudes towards dying patients will be enhanced with culture-specific knowledge which will also enhance communication and coping methods. REPORTING METHOD This study used the Mixed Methods Article Reporting Standards (MMARS).
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- Fares Alshammari
- School of Nursing, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
- College of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Hafr Al-Batin, Hafr Al-Batin, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Nursing, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
- School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing, Midwifery & Health Development, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Nursing, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
- Discipline of Nursing, Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Nursing, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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HamdanAlshehri H, Wolf A, Öhlén J, Sawatzky R, Olausson S. Attitudes towards death and dying among intensive care professionals: A cross-sectional design evaluating culture-related differential item functioning of the frommelt attitudes toward care of the dying instrument. Heliyon 2023; 9:e18864. [PMID: 37600399 PMCID: PMC10432714 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023] Open
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Objective The objective is to examine whether one of the most used instruments for measuring attitudes towards caring for dying patients, the Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying (FATCOD-B) instrument, has the same meaning across different societal contexts, as exemplified by Swedish and Saudi Arabian intensive care professionals. Methods A cross-sectional design used the 30-item FATCOD-B questionnaire. It was distributed to intensive care professionals from Sweden and Saudi Arabia, generating a total sample of 227 participants. Ordinal logistic regression models were used to examine the differential item functioning (DIF) for each item. Results Up to 12 of the 30 items were found to have significant DIF values related to: (a) Swedish and Saudi Arabian intensive care professionals, (b) Swedish and Saudi Arabian registered nurses (RNs), (c) RNs' levels of experience and (d) RNs and other intensive care professionals in Saudi Arabia. Conclusions The results indicate that FATCOD should be used cautiously when comparing attitudes towards death and dying across different societal and healthcare contexts.
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- Hanan HamdanAlshehri
- Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Medical and Surgical Department College of Nursing, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Vastra Gotland, Sweden
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- Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Vastra Gotland, Sweden
- Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Ostra, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Institute of Nursing and Health Promotion, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Vastra Gotland, Sweden
- University of Gothenburg Centre for Person-Centred Care, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
- Palliative Centre, Region Vastra Gotaland Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Vastra Gotland, Sweden
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Wang W, Wu C, Bai D, Chen H, Cai M, Gao J, Hou C. A meta-analysis of nursing students' knowledge and attitudes about end-of-life care. NURSE EDUCATION TODAY 2022; 119:105570. [PMID: 36182790 DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2022.105570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Revised: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To synthesize nursing students' knowledge and attitudes about end-of-life care and to identify strategic directions for optimizing end-of-life care education. DESIGN A meta-analysis of observational studies. DATA SOURCES PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, MEDLINE, CNKI, and WANFANG 8 electronic databases in English and Chinese were systematically searched from inception until 10 April 2022. REVIEW METHODS Two reviewers independently screened literature and extracted data using structured tables. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) was used to appraise the methodological quality of included studies. The study outcomes were synthesized using a meta-analysis. RESULTS 26 cross-sectional studies of medium or high quality from 13 countries met the eligibility criteria, involving 9749 nursing students. In our review, nursing students demonstrated insufficient knowledge about end-of-life care, with a pooled mean score of 7.50 (95 % CI: 6.55-8.45); of these, knowledge about philosophy and principles, psychosocial and spiritual care, and pain and symptom management were all deficient, with pooled mean scores of 1.49 (95 % CI: 0.78-2.21), 1.00 (95 % CI: 0.35-1.65), and 3.44 (95 % CI: 2.25-4.63), respectively. Conversely, nursing students showed positive attitudes toward end-of-life care, with a pooled mean score of 102.97 (95 % CI: 99.43-106.51). The subgroup analysis revealed that male nursing students had lower pooled mean scores for end-of-life care knowledge and attitudes. CONCLUSION There is a mismatch between nursing students' knowledge and attitudes about end-of-life care, they have a positive attitude but lack the necessary knowledge. Male nursing students seem to have a greater deficit of knowledge and a relatively conservative attitude toward end-of-life care. These findings may provide a significant reference for nursing educators to adjust educational strategies promptly.
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- Wei Wang
- College of Nursing, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No.1166 Liutai Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province 611137, China
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- College of Nursing, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No.1166 Liutai Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province 611137, China
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- College of Nursing, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No.1166 Liutai Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province 611137, China
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- College of Nursing, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No.1166 Liutai Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province 611137, China
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- College of Nursing, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No.1166 Liutai Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province 611137, China
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- College of Nursing, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No.1166 Liutai Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province 611137, China.
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- College of Nursing, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No.1166 Liutai Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province 611137, China.
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Richoux DN, Chatmon BN, Davis AH, Sweeney B. Factors impacting pediatric registered nurse attitudes toward caring for dying children and their families: A descriptive study. J Pediatr Nurs 2022; 67:155-160. [PMID: 36150315 DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2022.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/10/2022] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to gain knowledge of the educational preparation and attitudes of registered nurses at a southeastern pediatric hospital toward caring for dying children and their families. DESIGN AND METHODS A descriptive study with two independent samples was used to examine the attitudes of registered nurses at a pediatric hospital in southeastern United States. Participants completed the Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying Scale, Form B, a 30-item survey. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze data. RESULTS One hundred and thirty-two registered nurses participated in the study. Results indicated a statistically significant difference in attitudes toward caring for dying pediatric patient scores in registered nurses working in the hematology/oncology and intensive care units compared to the other units (p = 0.0017; 95% CI: 2.39-10.12). CONCLUSIONS This study described the educational preparation and attitudes of registered nurses who care for children who are dying and their families. Additionally, pediatric end-of-life care is complex and is further influenced by experiences and attitudes. Future research is needed to identify educational needs to care for pediatric patients and their families at the end of life. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Findings from this project indicated end-of-life care education should be integrated into undergraduate curricula. New nurse graduates who are entering the workforce should receive education on end-of-life care, especially if they are entering into a pediatric specific organization. Healthcare organizations should include end-of-life care education as part of the orientation process and annual competency process.
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- Dianne N Richoux
- Nicholls State University, College of Nursing, Assistant Professor of Nursing, 906 E 1st Street, Thibodaux, LA 70301, USA.
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- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans, School of Nursing, Assistant Dean for Clinical Nursing Education and Assistant Professor, 1900 Gravier Street, Room 5B14, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
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- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans, School of Nursing, Director, Nursing Skills and Technology Center and Associate Professor, 1900 Gravier Street, Room 506, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
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- Nicholls State University, College of Nursing, Instructor of Nursing, 906 E 1st Street, Thibodaux, LA 70301, USA.
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Yu H, Sun C, Xie L, Wang L, Song J, Zhu Y, Xiao R, Lowe S, Bentley R, Zhou D. Using a mediating model of death attitude and meaning in life to understand nursing students attitude about hospice care. NURSE EDUCATION TODAY 2022; 116:105448. [PMID: 35779526 DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2022.105448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Revised: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 06/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Nurse-led hospice teams are an emerging trend in contemporary health care practice in China. However, Chinese nursing students are often ill-prepared to work in hospice care. Study findings on the attitude of nursing students toward the care of people who are dying and death varied among different countries and regions. OBJECTIVES To propose and empirically test a mediating model that examines how death attitude and meaning in life interact to affect Chinese undergraduate nursing students and their attitude toward the care of people who are dying. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS A convenience sample of 1410 Chinese undergraduate nursing students. METHODS Data were collected from July to December 2020 using Chinese versions of the Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying Scale, Form B (FATCOD-B-C), Death Attitude Profile-Revised (DAP-R-C), and Purpose in Life Test (CPLT-C). SPSS version 22.0 and AMOS version 24.0 were used for statistical analysis. RESULTS The average FATCOD-B-C score was 98.28 ± 8.02. Death attitude and meaning in life were positively correlated with attitude toward care of the dying (p < 0.001), but death attitude was negatively correlated with meaning in life (p < 0.001). Pathway analysis showed that fear of death was significantly and positively correlated with attitude toward care of people who are dying. A mediating role was found among neutral acceptance, escape acceptance, and meaning in life to some extent. Meaning in life suppressed effects among the model. CONCLUSION This study revealed that Chinese undergraduate nursing students' attitude toward care of the dying was a positive nurturing process. Future nurse education should first identity the fear of death, neutral acceptance, or escape acceptance of nursing students' death attitude, and then develop a hospice curriculum based on fear management.
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- Huan Yu
- School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, Anhui, China.
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- AMITA Health Saint Joseph Hospital Chicago, Chicago 60657, IL, USA.
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- School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, Anhui, China
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- School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, Anhui, China
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- Department of Nursing, Clinical Medical College, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- School of Nursing, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, Anhui, China
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- Intensive Care Unit, Yingshan County People's Hospital, Yingshan 637700, Sichuan, China
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- College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas City University, Kansas City, MO 64106, USA
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- College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas City University, Kansas City, MO 64106, USA
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- School of Nursing, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Zhang J, Fu Y, Zhang H, Tang T, Yin M, Shi L. Analysis of factors influencing the attitudes towards the elderly of nursing students based on empathy and end-of-life care: A cross-sectional study. Nurs Open 2022; 9:2348-2355. [PMID: 35612525 PMCID: PMC9374388 DOI: 10.1002/nop2.1245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Aim This study aimed to explore the factors associated with attitudes towards the older adults among nursing students, to clarify the impact of empathy and end‐of‐life care on the attitude of the older adults, and to provide a basis for the follow‐up of education courses related to older adults care and the training of older adults care talents. Design A cross‐sectional study. Methods A cross‐sectional survey on nursing students' knowledge and attitudes towards older adults was conducted from 24 December 2020–24 February 2021. The Chinese versions of the end‐of‐life Attitudes Scale, Jefferson Empathy Scale‐Nursing Version and Kogan Attitudes Scale for the Elderly were used for this cross‐sectional study. We used the purposive sampling method to conduct a questionnaire survey on nursing students at Heilongjiang Nursing College (n = 371, effective response rate: 64.52%). Results The average score of FATCOD‐B was 99.04 (7.71), and the score of C‐JSE‐HPS was 100.67 (12.90). The total average score of nursing students' attitudes towards older adults was 139.91 (15.79). The hierarchical regression analysis showed that education (β = −.125, p = .025) and personal experience (β = −.132, p = .008) correlated negatively with attitudes towards the older adults, while the end‐of‐life care (β = .140, p = .013) and empathy (β = .285, p < .001) correlated positively with attitudes towards the older adults. Conclusions Religion, end‐of‐life care and empathy were positively correlated with nursing students' attitudes towards older adults. It is necessary to set up end‐of‐life care, empathy and education related to the older adults, and combine a variety of training forms, increasing humanistic assessments and reducing the employment pressure on nursing students by relevant departments can improve their attitudes towards the older adults.
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- Jinchan Zhang
- Department of Medical Dispute, Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Heyuan, China
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- School of Humanities, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- School of Humanities, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- School of Health Management, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Gao W, Li S, Chi Z, Gong F, Tang W. Transition from Nurses to Medicalized Elderly Caregivers: Comparison on Willingness between Traditional and Modern Regions in China. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:5950. [PMID: 35627486 PMCID: PMC9141575 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19105950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Revised: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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As China is transitioning to an aging society, the Chinese government has proposed an eldercare pattern, called medicalized elderly care, to help solve the rapid aging and health care problems together. However, the shortage of elderly caregivers is a critical issue, with deficiency both in quantity and quality. This study aims to survey nurses' willingness to transition into medicalized elderly caregivers and compare it between modern and traditional regions. Nurses working in Guangdong (modern region) and Jilin (traditional region) were investigated using a self-administered questionnaire in October 2021. We analyzed the influencing factors through χ²-test, t-test a and binary logistic regression model and further explored the influence of region using propensity score matching (PSM). A total of 1227 nurses were included, with 726 (59.2%) of them showing willingness to transition. Nurses from traditional regions showed a significantly higher willingness to transition after PSM (p = 0.027). Other factors influencing nurses' willingness were age, education, lived with older adults, participated in voluntary activities related to older adults, visited eldercare institutions, attitudes toward older adults, knowledge about older adults, hospice care attitudes and death attitudes. The willingness of nurses to transition was not high enough. To have more willing and skillful human resources for eldercare, we need a more "intimate society for older adults" in the first place.
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- Wenqing Gao
- Department of Pharmacoeconomics, School of International Pharmaceutical Business, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China; (W.G.); (S.L.); (Z.C.)
- Center for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmacoeconomics, School of International Pharmaceutical Business, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China; (W.G.); (S.L.); (Z.C.)
- Center for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmacoeconomics, School of International Pharmaceutical Business, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China; (W.G.); (S.L.); (Z.C.)
- Center for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Hospital Group Office, Shenzhen Luohu Hospital Group, Shenzhen 518005, China
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- Department of Pharmacoeconomics, School of International Pharmaceutical Business, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China; (W.G.); (S.L.); (Z.C.)
- Center for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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Chen X, Zhang Y, Arber A, Huo X, Liu J, Sun C, Yuan L, Wang X, Wang D, Wu J, Du J. The training effects of a continuing education program on nurses’ knowledge and attitudes to palliative care: a cross sectional study. Palliat Care 2022; 21:56. [PMID: 35473551 PMCID: PMC9040326 DOI: 10.1186/s12904-022-00953-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background
Most nurses in China have not been trained to take care of end-of-life patients appropriately due to lack of educational resources and insufficient training. A palliative care program was launched by the Jiangsu Nursing Association (JNA training program) and to identify gaps in palliative care training. The main aim of this study was to evaluate the training effects of the JNA training program on nurses’ knowledge and attitudes to palliative care.
Methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted with 10 048 registered nurses in all regions of Jiangsu. All participants completed an online questionnaire using the Chinese version of The Palliative Care Quiz for Nursing (PCQN-C) and the Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying scale (FATCOD-B-C). A propensity score matched analysis was performed between the nurses who had attended the JNA training program and whose who hadn’t.
Results
The average score of PCQN-C among all nurses was 8.79, while the mean score of the FATCOD-B-C was 103.62. Those participants who attended the JNA training program had significantly better scores than those who did not. Propensity score matching analysis showed that the palliative care training program failed to improve nurses’ knowledge in psychosocial and spiritual care or their attitudes towards the necessity of family support although there was positive impact on other aspects of palliative care.
Conclusions
Knowledge of palliative care among Chinese nurses remains low. Training programs may improve general knowledge and attitudes to palliative care. However, important aspects of knowledge such as communication skills, family support, and psychosocial aspects of care, are missing. These gaps should be filled in future palliative care training programs targeting nurses with oriental culture background.
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Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying Scale Form B: Validation for Spanish health professionals. Palliat Support Care 2021; 20:678-686. [DOI: 10.1017/s1478951521001504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The aim of this study is to culturally adapt and validate the Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying Scale Form B (FATCOD-B) in Spanish health professionals.
Method
A cultural adaptation and scale validation was carried out to evaluate the validity of appearance, content and construct, reliability and feasibility. The psychometric validation of the FATCOD-B was carried out on a sample of 2,446 Spanish physicians, nurses, psychologists, and social workers and students of these disciplines, between January 2017 and December 2018. This sample was selected by intentional sampling. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize the sample. An exploratory multi-group factor analysis was performed, internal consistency was evaluated by calculating Cronbach's α and stability by test–retest.
Results
A total of 2,446 people participated in the study, 1,134 students and 1,312 professionals. The exploratory multi-group factor analysis revealed a two-dimensional factor structure, with a total of 17 items retained in the model from the 30 of the original scale. The results showed that this version has adequate reliability (α = 0.79) and for each subscale, and stability (ICC = 0.843, p < 0.001).
Significance of results
FATCOD has been used with physicians and nurses from different countries. However, no reports have been found in the literature of its use with psychologists and social workers. It is important to have an instrument that allows us to know the attitudes of these professionals since they are all directly involved in the care of patients at the end of their lives and their families. The Spanish version of FATCOD-B has proven to be a reliable and valid instrument for its use in Spanish health professionals while allowing comparisons between disciplines.
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Mastroianni C, Marchetti A, D'Angelo D, Artico M, Giannarelli D, Magna E, Motta PC, Piredda M, Casale G, De Marinis MG. Italian nursing students' attitudes towards care of the dying patient: A multi-center descriptive study. NURSE EDUCATION TODAY 2021; 104:104991. [PMID: 34139582 DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Revised: 05/01/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND International literature reports that nursing students feel unprepared when facing patients and families within dying care. They consider their curricula inadequate in teaching end-of-life care and promoting the attitudes required to care for dying patients. Findings of recent studies exploring nursing students' attitudes towards care of the dying patient are often contradictory. OBJECTIVES To explore Italian nursing students' attitudes towards caring for dying patients. DESIGN A multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted. SETTINGS The Bachelor's Degree in Nursing courses of four Universities of the Lazio Region. PARTICIPANTS The sample included 1193 students. METHODS Data were collected between September 2017 and March 2018 using the Italian version of FATCOD-B-I. The differences between the mean scores were compared through t-test or ANOVA. Associations between scores and participant characteristics were evaluated through generalized linear regression. RESULTS The mean score of FATCOD-B-I was 115.3 (SD = 9.1). Higher scores were significantly associated with training in palliative care (p < 0.0001) and experience with terminally ill patients (p < 0.0001). Students manifested more negative attitudes when they perceived patients losing hope of recovering, and patient's family members interfering with health professionals' work. Uncertainties emerged around knowledge of opioid drugs, decision-making, concepts of death and dying, management of mourning, and relational aspects of patient care. CONCLUSIONS Italian nursing students seem to have more positive attitudes towards care of dying patients than most other countries. They believe that caring for a terminal patient is a formative, useful experience but they do not feel adequately prepared in practice. Deeper palliative care education, integrated with practical training, would prepare students better, enabling them to discover their own human and professional capacity to relieve suffering.
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- Chiara Mastroianni
- Antea Foundation Palliative Care Center, Piazza di Santa Maria della Pietà, 5, 00135 Rome, Italy.
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- Research Unit of Nursing Science, Campus Bio-Medico di Roma University, Via Alvaro del Portillo 21, 00128, Rome, Italy.
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- Centro Eccellenza Clinica, Qualità e Sicurezza delle Cure, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 0016 Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Palliative Care and Pain Therapy Unit, Azienda ULSS n. 4 Veneto Orientale, Piazza Alcide de Gasperi, 5, 30027 San Donà di Piave, Italy
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- Clinical Trial Center, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Unit, National Cancer Institute Regina Elena IRCCS, Via Elio Chianesi, 53, 00144 Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Tor Vergata University, Viale Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Science and Public Health, University of Brescia, Piazza del Mercato, 15, 25121 Brescia, Italy.
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- Research Unit of Nursing Science, Campus Bio-Medico di Roma University, Via Alvaro del Portillo 21, Rome, Italy..
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- Antea Foundation Palliative Care Center, Piazza di Santa Maria della Pietà, 5, 00135 Rome, Italy.
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- Research Unit of Nursing Science, Campus Bio-Medico di Roma University, Via Alvaro del Portillo 21, Rome, Italy..
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Development and Psychometric Evaluation of a New Short Version of the Swedish Frommelt Attitudes Toward Care of the Dying Scale. Cancer Nurs 2021; 44:305-313. [PMID: 32000177 DOI: 10.1097/ncc.0000000000000794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND The Frommelt Attitudes Toward Care of the Dying (FATCOD) is widely used as a measure of attitudes toward care of dying patients. However, poor factor structure and item redundancy have been reported across the literature. OBJECTIVE A short version of the questionnaire is needed, to facilitate effective assessments of the attitudes of those caring for dying patients. The purpose of this study was to develop a FATCOD-Short Form and to secure its psychometric properties. INTERVENTIONS/METHODS Data gathered from 1000 nurses in previous studies were pooled and reanalyzed. Principal components analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were utilized to assess the factor structure of the FATCOD-30. A Rasch model was used to evaluate the measurement functioning of the scale. RESULTS Of the original 30 items, 9 items of FATCOD were chosen for retention in the short form based on the principal components analysis, floor or ceiling effects, interitem correlations, and item-total correlation. All 9 items had good internal reliability. Both confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch analysis supported the unidimensionality of the FATCOD-Short Form. CONCLUSIONS The 9-item FATCOD-Short Form demonstrates evidence of acceptable validity and reliability to identify nurses' attitudes toward caring for dying persons because of its brevity and comprehensive content. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE When changing curricula in nursing education or implementing new procedures in nursing practice, it is important to have valid instruments to evaluate the results of the change. Such instruments should not be too lengthy or complicated. FATCOD-Short Form is a brief and valid instrument that can be easily used.
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Sadowska A, Nowak M, Czarkowska-Pączek B. Assessment of the Reliability of the Polish Language Version of the FATCOD-B Scale Among Nursing Students. JOURNAL OF CANCER EDUCATION : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER EDUCATION 2021; 36:561-566. [PMID: 31953802 DOI: 10.1007/s13187-019-01665-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Providing care for dying patients and their families is an important skill for the nursing profession. The attitude of persons working with a dying person plays an important role in the quality of care provided. In this context, comprehensive preparation of medical staff for care giving to dying patient is very important. No scientific research based on the Frommelt Attitudes Toward Care of the Dying Scale form B has been done in Poland. The study aimed at translations, assessments of credibility, and reliability of psychometric properties of the Polish version of the questionnaire of Frommelt Attitudes Toward Care of the Dying Scale form B (FATCOD-BP). The study included 107 students of the Nursing Department at Medical University of Warsaw. The validation was performed with the use of Cronbach's alpha coefficient, Horn's parallel analysis, Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin index, and Bartlett's sphericity test. The result of Cronbach's alpha for FATCOD-BP was a = 0.725. Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin index equaled 0.696. Bartlett's sphericity test was p < 0.001. The FATCOD-BP scale is characterized by a high index of reliability. Reciprocal correlations occur between variables introduced into the model. The FATCOD-BP scale is an appropriate research tool for conducting further studies in nurses in Poland.
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- Anna Sadowska
- Department of Clinical Nursing, Medical University of Warsaw, E. Ciolka str. 27, 01-445, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Nursing, Medical University of Warsaw, E. Ciolka str. 27, 01-445, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Nursing, Medical University of Warsaw, E. Ciolka str. 27, 01-445, Warsaw, Poland.
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Nguyen TL, Annoussamy LSC, Krakauer EL. Creation and validation of a Vietnamese version of the Frommelt Attitudes Toward Care of the Dying Scale. Int J Palliat Nurs 2021; 27:147-156. [PMID: 34038177 DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2021.27.3.147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study aims to develop a valid measurement of the Frommel Attitudes Toward Care of the Dying (FATCOD) scale to address some of the gaps in the existing knowledge of this field in Vietnam. METHODS The FATCOD scale was translated and culturally adapted to make it suitable for use in Vietnam. Following this, the FATCOD_VN scale was assessed for content validity. The construct validity of the instrument was then determined by exploratory factor analysis (n=237), and confirmatory factor analysis (n=245), based on the combined data from two cross-sectional studies. The internal consistency reliability and background factors associated with the FATCOD_VN were examined to further support the validity of the Vietnamese version. RESULTS The exploratory factor analysis of the FATCOD_VN yielded a three-factor structure that presents the most plausible goodness of fit, supported by confirmatory factor analysis. The Cronbach's alpha of the FATCOD_VN was 0.74 for overall scale and ranges from 0.56 to 0.81 for each sub-scale. CONCLUSIONS The study results indicate that the FATCOD_VN is acceptable and appropriate to use in the Vietnamese context.
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- Thuy Ly Nguyen
- Nursing Research Centre, Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA and University of Medicine and Pharmacy
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Hao Y, Zhan L, Huang M, Cui X, Zhou Y, Xu E. Nurses' knowledge and attitudes towards palliative care and death: a learning intervention. BMC Palliat Care 2021; 20:50. [PMID: 33765995 PMCID: PMC7993469 DOI: 10.1186/s12904-021-00738-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background In many countries, nurses are ill-prepared to provide care to patients with terminal illnesses. Limited education and training affect their ability to deliver proper palliative care. Only a few studies have explored appropriate and effective training methods of palliative care in China. Therefore, we aimed to provide evidence for a palliative care training system by appraising the effects of a mixed-method intervention on participants’ knowledge of palliative care and attitudes towards dying patients and death. Methods An e-learning intervention approach was adopted for 97 nurses from oncology departments across five hospitals, using a mobile terminal combined with a virtual forum and face-to-face interactions. We conducted a pre- and post-training evaluation through the Palliative Care Quiz of Nursing (PCQN), Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying Scale Form B (FATCOD-B), and Death Attitude Profile-Revised (DAP-R). Results After a three-week intervention, there was a significant increase in the PCQN and FATCOD-B scores as compared to the baseline. For PCQN, the total score increased from 10.3 ± 1.9 to 11.1 ± 2.2 (p = .011) and the score for management of pain and other symptoms increased from 7.7 ± 1.7 to 8.4 ± 1.7 (p = .003). FATCOD-B scores increased noticeably from 100.6 ± 7.9 to 102.9 ± 8.9 (p = .019). The DAP-R scores showed no obvious difference between pre- and post-intervention results. Conclusions The mixed-method intervention was effective in improving participants’ knowledge and attitudes about palliative care. The implementation of training for nurses at appropriate intervals during both education and professional life is required, especially regarding the improvement in participants’ attitudes towards death. Therefore, palliative care training in China should receive more attention.
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- Yanping Hao
- College of Nursing and Department of Neurology of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, 250 Changgang Dong RD, Guangzhou, 510260, People's Republic of China
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- College of Nursing and Department of Neurology of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, 250 Changgang Dong RD, Guangzhou, 510260, People's Republic of China
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- Nursing Department of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510150, People's Republic of China
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- Nursing Department of Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, 510030, People's Republic of China
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- College of Nursing and Department of Neurology of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, 250 Changgang Dong RD, Guangzhou, 510260, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Nursing and Department of Neurology of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, 250 Changgang Dong RD, Guangzhou, 510260, People's Republic of China.
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Zou Z, Bai J, Gu Y, Zou Q, Xiao C, Yang J, Zhang Q, Lazenby M. Cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the nurse-specific end-of-life professional caregiver survey: a cross-sectional study. BMC Palliat Care 2021; 20:32. [PMID: 33593352 PMCID: PMC7885229 DOI: 10.1186/s12904-021-00725-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Nurses' palliative and hospice care-specific education is associated with the quality of palliative and hospice care that influences health outcomes of patients with life-limiting illnesses and their caregivers. However, China lacks measures available to assess nurses' educational needs in palliative and hospice care. The End-of-Life Professional Caregiver Survey (EPCS) is a psychometrically reliable self-reporting scale to measure multidisciplinary professionals' palliative and hospice care educational needs. This study was performed to explore the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the EPCS (EPCS-C) among Chinese nurses. METHODS We translated and culturally adapted the EPCS into Chinese based on Beaton and colleagues' instrument adaptation process. A cross-sectional study design was used. We recruited 312 nurses from 1482 nurses in a tertiary hospital in central China using convenience sampling to complete the study. Participants completed the EPCS-C and a demographic questionnaire. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was carried out to test and verify the construct validity of the nurse-specific EPCS-C. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to appraise the reliability of the nurse-specific EPCS-C. RESULTS A three-factor structure of EPCS-C was determined, including cultural, ethical, and national values; patient- and family-centered communication; and effective care delivery. The exploratory factor analysis explained 70.82% of the total variances. The 3-factor solution of the nurse-specific EPCS-C had a satisfactory model fit: χ2 = 537.96, χ2/df = 2.96, CFI = 0.94, RMSEA = 0.079, IFI = 0.94, and GFI = 0.86. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the overall questionnaire was 0.96. CONCLUSIONS The nurse-specific EPCS-C showed satisfactory reliability and validity to assess nurses' palliative and hospice care educational need. Further research is required to verify the reliability and validity of the EPCS-C in a larger sample, especially the criterion-related validity.
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- Zhijie Zou
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.,Wuhan University School of Health Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Wuhan University School of Health Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Wuhan University School of Health Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
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- Wuhan University School of Health Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
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- Yale University School of Nursing, 400 west Campus Drive, Orange, CT, USA.,University of Connecticut School of Nursing, Storrs, CT, USA
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Etafa W, Wakuma B, Fetensa G, Tsegaye R, Abdisa E, Oluma A, Tolossa T, Mulisa D, Takele T. Nurses' knowledge about palliative care and attitude towards end- of-life care in public hospitals in Wollega zones: A multicenter cross-sectional study. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0238357. [PMID: 33027265 PMCID: PMC7540839 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 08/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Palliative care is nowadays essential in nursing care, due to the increasing number of patients who require attention in the final stages of their life. Lack of knowledge of and negative attitude palliative care among nurses is one of the most common barriers to quality palliative care. This study, therefore, aimed to assess nurses' knowledge about palliative care and attitude toward end-of-life care in public hospitals in Wollega zones, Ethiopia. METHODS A multicenter institutional-based cross-sectional study design was employed to collect data from 372 nurses working in public hospitals in Wollega zones from October 02-22, 2019. A self-administered questionnaire with three different parts: Demographic characteristics of nurses, the Palliative Care Quiz for Nursing (PCQN), and the Frommelt Attitudes Towards Care of the Dying (FATCOD). SPSS version 21 was used for analysis used for data analysis. The binary logistic regression test was used for analysis at p < 0.05. FINDINGS Our final sample size was 422 nurses (response rate = 88%). With the mean total PCQN scores (9.34), the majority of them showed an inadequate level of knowledge about palliative care. The mean total FATCOD scores (79.58) displayed a positive attitude toward end-of-life care, with 52% of respondents eager to care for a dying person and their family. Nurses who had PC service experience [AOR = 1.94 CI (1.10-3.42), p = 0.02] and had ever attended training/lecture on PC [AOR = 1.87 CI (1.01-3.46), p = 0.04] were independently associated with nurses' knowledge about PC. Similarly, nurses who had no PC service experience [AOR = 0.41, CI (0.21-0.79), p = 0.008], who read articles/brochures about PC [AOR = 1.94, CI (1.11-3.39), p = 0.01] and had provided care for a smaller number of terminally ill patients [AOR = 1.74, CI (1.01-2.97), p = 0.04] were significantly associated with nurses' attitude towards end-of-life care. CONCLUSION The study highlighted that nurses' knowledge about palliative care is inadequate, and showed a less favorable attitude toward end-of-life care. The findings also provide evidence for greater attentions and resources should be directed towards educating and supporting nurses caring for patients with palliative care needs in Wollega Zones.
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- Werku Etafa
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia
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- Department of Public Health, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia
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- Department of Mathematics, College of Natural and Computational Science, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia
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Wang L, Cheng J, Xu Z, Zhao Q. Transcultural adaptation and psychometric properties of Chinese version of Death Depression Scale-Revised among nursing students. DEATH STUDIES 2020; 46:658-665. [PMID: 32286160 DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2020.1753851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The study aimed to determine the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Death Depression Scale in a sample of 391 nursing students. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.91, ranging from 0.65 to 0.91 for each subscale. Test-retest reliability was satisfactory (r = 0.821). Overall content validity index was 0.83. An exploratory factor analysis yielded 5 factors: anergia and anhedonia, death sadness, other death, death emptiness, and death vacuum. The model had an acceptable fit, with all factors loading greater than 0.5. Results provide preliminary support for the reliability and validity of the measure in nursing student populations.
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- Liping Wang
- School of Nursing, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, People's Republic of China
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- School of Nursing, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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- School of Nursing, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, People's Republic of China
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- School of Nursing, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, People's Republic of China
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Death Attitudes, Palliative Care Self-efficacy, and Attitudes Toward Care of the Dying Among Hospice Nurses. J Clin Psychol Med Settings 2020; 28:295-300. [DOI: 10.1007/s10880-020-09714-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A Questionnaire Study on the Attitude towards Death of the Nursing Interns in Eight Teaching Hospitals in Jiangsu, China. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 2019:3107692. [PMID: 31637256 PMCID: PMC6766148 DOI: 10.1155/2019/3107692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Revised: 07/07/2019] [Accepted: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Introduction Nurses play an important role in caring for dying patients. However, little is known about the attitude towards death of the registered nurses in China. Materials and Methods A knowledge, attitude, and the practice (KAP) survey using standardized questionnaires was conducted at eight teaching hospitals in Jiangsu Province, China. In total, 366 nursing interns were recruited and 357 turned in valid response. Data about the interns' demographic characteristics and their attitudes to death in five domains, including fear of death, death avoidance, natural acceptance, approach acceptance, and escape acceptance, were collected. Results Compared to the norms, the nursing interns had statistically significantly higher scores in the domains death avoidance, approach acceptance, and fear of death (14.9 vs. 11.1, 26.2 vs. 24.2, and 20.3 vs. 19.0, respectively); however, statistically significantly lower scores were in the domains natural acceptance and escape acceptance (18.4 vs. 22.0, and 13.6 vs. 15.1, respectively). Religious belief, experience of a deceased relative in family, death education, and family atmosphere of discussing death are positively associated with one or more domains of attitude towards death. Conclusion The positive attitude towards death and death education before clinical practice are helpful for nursing interns when they care for dying patients. In general, the scores of attitude towards death are at a moderate level in the surveyed Chinese nursing interns. The death education for nursing students needs to be reinforced in China.
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Wang L, Li C, Zhang Q, Li Y. Clinical nurses' attitudes towards death and caring for dying patients in China. Int J Palliat Nurs 2018; 24:33-39. [PMID: 29368558 DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2018.24.1.33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To examine Chinese clinical nurses' attitudes towards death and caring for dying patients, and to examine the relationships between clinical nurses' attitudes towards death and caring for dying patients. METHODS A convenience sample of 770 clinical nurses from 15 hospitals in China. All participants completed the Chinese version of the Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying Scale, Form B (FATCOD-B-C), the Chinese version of the Death Attitude Profile-Revised (DAP-R-C), and a demographic questionnaire. RESULTS The mean score of the FATCOD-B-C items was 95.62 (SD = 7.45). The majority of Chinese clinical nurses were likely to provide care for the dying person's family (mean = 3.77), but did not have a positive attitude towards communication with the dying person(mean = 2.62). The majority of Chinese clinical nurses showed low scores on death avoidance (mean=1.96) and natural acceptance (mean = 1.61), and most of them viewed death as a passageway to a happy afterlife (mean = 4.33). Attitudes towards caring for dying patients were significantly negatively correlated with fear of death (r = -0.120) and positively correlated with approach acceptance (r = 0.127) and natural acceptance (r = 0.117). Factors that predicted clinical nurses' attitudes towards the care of dying patients included education level, fear of death, approach acceptance, religious beliefs, previous education on death and dying, natural acceptance, professional title, and experience with death or dying patients, which accounted for 18.7% of the variance. CONCLUSION Nurses' personal attitudes towards death were associated with their attitudes towards the care of dying patients. Training and educational programmes for clinical nurses should take into consideration nurses' personal attitudes towards death as well as their cultural backgrounds and religious beliefs.
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- Liping Wang
- Registered Nurse; Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Guangdong Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Registered Nurse; Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Yichang Central People's Hospital, Yichang, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- Registered Nurse; Lecturer, Department of Nursing, Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Registered Nurse; Professor, Department of Clinical Nursing, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Factors Influencing Chinese Nursing Students’ Attitudes Toward the Care of Dying Patients. J Hosp Palliat Nurs 2017. [DOI: 10.1097/njh.0000000000000353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Refining the Frommelt Attitude Toward the Care of the Dying Scale (FATCOD-B) for medical students: A confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch validation study. Palliat Support Care 2017; 16:50-59. [PMID: 28502266 DOI: 10.1017/s147895151700030x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Given the increasing number of patients requiring palliative care and the need for more professionals who are able to provide care for the dying comfortably, assessment of medical attitudes toward end-of-life care is becoming a key aspect of medical education. The present study aimed to establish whether the Frommelt Attitude Toward the Care Of the Dying, Form B (FATCOD-B) meets current psychometric standards of validity for an assessment tool in medical education. METHOD The participants were 200 undergraduate medical students. Since in a previous study the FATCOD-B was found to have a weak structure due to poor item validity, a refined version was proposed and tested in the present study. Confirmatory factor analysis and the Rasch model were employed to assess its dimensionality and psychometric properties. RESULTS The construct measured by the FATCOD-B continues to be misspecified. The tool has a two-dimensional structure. The first is well-structured and demonstrates appreciable measurement and discriminant capabilities. The second has low validity because its measurement capabilities are based on weakly correlated items. SIGNIFICANCE OF RESULTS Our results suggest that the FATCOD-B measures a two-dimensional construct and that only its first dimension is a robust measurement tool for use in medical education to evaluate undergraduates' attitudes about caring for the dying.
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