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Xu GR, Yu WY. Mediating effect of meaning in life on death anxiety and attitude toward palliative care among undergraduate nursing students. BMC Palliat Care 2024; 23:139. [PMID: 38840188 PMCID: PMC11151652 DOI: 10.1186/s12904-024-01472-w] [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] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 05/28/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND This study investigates the mediating effect of meaning in life between death anxiety and attitude toward palliative care among nursing students. METHODS We enrolled 363 undergraduate nursing students using a convenience sampling method as the respondents and conducted a survey using general information about nursing students, the Chinese version of the FATCOD-B Scale, the Chinese version of the Death Anxiety Scale, and the Chinese version of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire. The SPSS25.0 statistical software was used to analyze the mediating effect. RESULTS The mean total attitude score toward palliative care was (104.72 ± 10.62). Death anxiety had a significant negative predictive effect on the attitude toward palliative care (β = -0.520, P < 0.01). When the mediating variable of the presence of meaning in life was included, the negative predictive effect of death anxiety on attitude toward palliative care remained significant (β = -0.379, P = 0.036); the mediating effect (-0.141) accounted for 27.12% of the total impact (-0.520). CONCLUSIONS The presence of meaning in life mediates the relationship between death anxiety and attitude toward palliative care. This implies that nursing educators, through their role in educating nursing students about the meaning of life, can significantly influence the development of a positive attitude toward palliative care.
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- Gui-Ru Xu
- School of Nursing, Fujian Medical University, No. 1, Xuefu North Road, Minhou County, Fuzhou City, 350122, Fujian Province, China.
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- School of Nursing, Fujian Medical University, No. 1, Xuefu North Road, Minhou County, Fuzhou City, 350122, Fujian Province, China
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Almansa-Sáez AM, Carmona-Samper ME, Merchán-Carrillo AM, Fernández-Medina IM. Level of professional quality of life and coping with death competence in healthcare professionals exposed to perinatal loss: A cross-sectional study. DEATH STUDIES 2024; 48:140-149. [PMID: 36975846 DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2023.2193811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Perinatal loss is a traumatic and stressful experience with a significant emotional toll on the physical and psychological wellbeing of the healthcare professionals. We included 216 healthcare professionals working in an obstetrics-gynecology service or neonatal intensive care unit in a cross-sectional study and aimed to analyze the possible association between the healthcare professionals' level of professional quality of life, their coping with death competence, and their personal and work-related characteristics. Compassion fatigue and burnout did not correlate significantly with healthcare professionals' personal and work-related characteristics. Formal training was strongly associated with high levels of compassion satisfaction and coping with death competence. A low level of coping with death competence was found in women and in younger healthcare professionals, those who are single, and with little professional experience. Self-care activities and hospital support systems can be effective resources in coping with death.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Almería, Almería, Spain
- Health Research Center (CEINSA), University of Almería, Almería, Spain
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- Department of Psychology, University of Almería, Almería, Spain
- Center for Neuropsychological Assessment and Rehabilitation (CERNEP), University of Almería, Almería, Spain
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He S, Zhao H, Wang H, Chen F, Lv T, Li L, Zhang H. The mediating effects of attitude toward death and meaning of life on the relationship between perception of death and coping with death competence among Chinese nurses: a cross-sectional study. BMC Nurs 2023; 22:87. [PMID: 36997960 PMCID: PMC10060942 DOI: 10.1186/s12912-023-01245-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/11/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023] Open
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Background
It is important to understand how the perception of death affects the competence to cope with death.
Objectives
To explore whether the perception of death has an indirect effect on competence to cope with death through the mediation of attitude toward death and meaning of life.
Methods
A total of 786 nurses from Hunan Province, China, selected by random sampling method and asked to complete an online electronic questionnaire between October and November 2021 were included in the study.
Results
The nurses’ scored 125.39 ± 23.88 on the competence to cope with death. There was a positive correlation among perception of death, competence to cope with death, the meaning of life, and attitude toward death. There were three mediating pathways: the separate mediating effect of natural acceptance and meaning of life, and the chain mediating effect of natural acceptance and meaning of life.
Conclusion
The nurses’ competence to cope with death was moderate. Perception of death could indirectly and positively predict nurses’ competence to cope with death by enhancing natural acceptance or sense of meaning in life. In addition, perception of death could improve natural acceptance and then enhance the sense of meaning in life to positively predict nurses’ competence to cope with death.
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Charmillot PA, Van den Block L, Oosterveld-Vlug M, Pautex S. Perceptions of healthcare professional about the "PACE Steps to Success" palliative care program for long-term care: A qualitative study in Switzerland. Nurs Open 2023. [PMID: 36840609 DOI: 10.1002/nop2.1683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/04/2023] [Indexed: 02/26/2023] Open
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AIM This study aimed to examine the healthcare professionals' perceptions after implementing the "PACE Steps to Success" program in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. DESIGN A qualitative descriptive study. METHODS Thematic analysis of semi-structured face-to-face and group interviews with health professionals, PACE coordinators, and managers purposely invited in the four long-term home facilities that had previously participated in the PACE cluster randomized clinical trial intervention group. RESULTS The PACE program implementation has improved communication with residents regarding end-of-life issues and helped identify patients' needs. The introduction of codified tools can complete internal tools and support decision-making. In addition, the training has promoted inter-professional collaboration, particularly in the case of care assistants, by defining each profession's specific responsibilities in providing care for older adults.
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- Department of Public and Occupational Health, Expertise Center for Palliative Care, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Palliative Medicine Division, University Hospital Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Lv T, Li L, Wang H, Zhao H, Chen F, He X, Zhang H. Relationship between Death Coping and Death Cognition and Meaning in Life among Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study. OMEGA-JOURNAL OF DEATH AND DYING 2023:302228231158911. [PMID: 36803151 DOI: 10.1177/00302228231158911] [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: 02/22/2023]
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To explore nurses' ability to cope with death and its relationship with death cognition and meaning in life in the context of Chinese traditional culture. 1146 nurses from six tertiary hospitals were recruited. Participants completed the Coping with Death Scale, the Meaning in Life Questionnaire, and the self-made Death Cognition Questionnaire. Multiple regression analysis revealed that the search for meaning, the understanding of "good death", receiving education related to life-and-death, cultural aspect, the presence of meaning, and the number of patient deaths experienced in career explained 20.3% of the variance in the ability to cope with death. Lacking a correct understanding of death, nurses are not sufficiently prepared to deal with death and their ability to cope with death is influenced by the unique cognition of death and the sense of the meaning in life in the context of Chinese traditional culture.
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- Tingting Lv
- School of Nursing, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China
- Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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Wang Y, Huang Y, Zheng R, Xu J, Zhang L, Zhu P, Lu Z, Wang L, Xie J, Zhao J, Dong F. The contribution of perceived death competence in determining the professional quality of life of novice oncology nurses: A multicentre study. Eur J Oncol Nurs 2023; 62:102273. [PMID: 36709716 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2023.102273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 01/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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PURPOSE Novice nurses find it challenging to cope with patient dying and death, especially in a death taboo cultural context, such as mainland China. By taking the example of Chinese novice oncology nurses, this study aimed to explore the contribution of their perceived death competence in determining their professional quality of life. METHOD A multicentre, cross-sectional study was conducted in six tertiary cancer hospitals in mainland China involving 506 novice oncology nurses. Measurements were the Coping with Death Scale-Chinese version, the Professional Quality of Life Questionnaire, and the Coping Style Questionnaire. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were used to analyse the data. RESULTS Death competence was significantly associated with compassion satisfaction (r = 0.509, P < 0.001), burnout (r = -0.441, P < 0.001) and secondary traumatic stress (r = -0.154, P < 0.001) which are the three dimensions of professional quality of life. The results of hierarchical multiple regression analyses demonstrated that death competence positively predicted compassion satisfaction and negatively predicted burnout (P < 0.01), but had no significant impact on secondary traumatic stress after coping style was entered into the model (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Novice oncology nurses who perceive themselves to be incompetent in dealing with patient dying and death are more likely to experience poor professional quality of life in the death taboo cultural context. Cultural-sensitive interventions and a supportive work environment are important to enhance these nurses' death competence, increasing their professional quality of life and ultimately contributing to better end-of-life cancer care management.
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- Yanhui Wang
- Department of Hepatobiliary Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Hospital and Institute, National Clinical Research Centre for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Centre for Cancer, Tianjin, China
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- School of Nursing, Chengde Medical College, Chengde, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Hospital and Institute, National Clinical Research Centre for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Centre for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Hospital and Institute, National Clinical Research Centre for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Centre for Cancer, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Nursing, Jiangsu Province Cancer Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Nursing, Jiangsu Province Cancer Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Nursing, Fudan Cancer Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of VIP Medical Services, Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nursing, Shanxi Province Cancer Hospital, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Nursing, Shanxi Province Cancer Hospital, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Hospital and Institute, National Clinical Research Centre for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Centre for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
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Lin X, Li X, Bai Y, Liu Q, Xiang W. Death-coping self-efficacy and its influencing factors among Chinese nurses: A cross-sectional study. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0274540. [PMID: 36094947 PMCID: PMC9467326 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background
Nurses are the main caregivers of dying patients. Facing or dealing with death-related events is inevitable. Death-coping self-efficacy (DCS) is very important, as it can reduce the risk of nursing staff to adverse emotional distress, help them participate in end-of-life care and improve the quality of care of patients.
Methods
Using the convenient sampling method, this study included a total of 572 nurses from a tertiary hospital in Hangzhou, China. The status and influencing factors of the DCS of nurses were explored using a general information questionnaire and DCS scale.
Results
The scores of each parameter, ranging from low to high, were in the order of coping with grief, preparation for death and hospice care. Factors influencing nurses’ DCS included attendance in hospice care education courses within the previous year, experience of accompanying the family members of the deceased and attitude towards death.
Conclusions
The overall self-efficacy of nurses in palliative care was at a medium level. Moreover, their self-efficacy in coping with grief and preparation for death should be strengthened. Managers of medical institutions can assess the death-coping ability of nurses, which helps provide corresponding support and training for nurses at an early stage. Nurses should receive guidance in grief adjustment and emotion regulation. Medical units should provide nurses with a platform for continuous training and education, use of death-related theoretical models and frameworks to guide nurses in dealing with death-related events, reduce nurses’ negative mood and jointly promote their mental health.
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- Xi Lin
- Department of Pediatrics, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
- Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Birth Defects, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
- Department of Nursing, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
- Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Birth Defects, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
- Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Birth Defects, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
- * E-mail: (YB); (QL)
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
- Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Birth Defects, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
- Department of Nursing, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
- * E-mail: (YB); (QL)
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- Department of Nursing, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Integrating Nurse Practitioners Into Long-term Care: A Call for Action. J Nurse Pract 2022; 18:488-492. [PMID: 35287369 PMCID: PMC8906654 DOI: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2022.02.010] [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] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic exposed the devastating effects of inadequate primary care in long-term care (LTC) settings, both nationally and internationally. Deaths in LTC were compounded by the global shortage of physicians and limitations in existing funding models for these facilities. Nurse practitioners (NPs) can provide similar services as general practice physicians in LTC while meeting residents’ needs in a more timely, cost-effective manner. It is critical that NPs be integrated into LTC, particularly in the wake of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. This article provides relevant literature and evidence to substantiate the effectiveness of integrating NPs into the Canadian LTC and highlights the urgent need for improved funding models and policy reform.
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Zheng R, Bloomer MJ, Guo Q, Lee SF. New graduate nurses' coping with death and the relationship with death self-efficacy and death anxiety: A multicentre cross-sectional study. J Adv Nurs 2020; 77:795-804. [PMID: 33145826 DOI: 10.1111/jan.14621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2020] [Revised: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS To examine new graduate nurses' perceptions of competency on coping with dying and death and the relationship with death self-efficacy and death anxiety. DESIGN A multicentre, cross-sectional study. METHODS Three hundred and forty new graduate nurses from five metropolitan hospitals were recruited between August-November 2018. Participants completed the Coping with Death Scale, Death Self-efficacy Scale, and Death Anxiety Scale. RESULTS Two hundred and ninety-eight new graduate nurses responded to the survey. The mean score of coping with death and death self-efficacy was 120.11 (SD 24.59), 259.11 (SD 57.70) respectively. 88.9% feared a painful death, 81.5% were particularly afraid of getting cancer, and 80.2% were afraid of death. There was a positive relationship between coping with death and death self-efficacy, a negative relationship between coping with death and death anxiety and a negative correlation between death self-efficacy and death anxiety. Five variables, including death self-efficacy, three dimensions of death anxiety including emotion, cognition with life and death and stress and distress and religion in total accounted for 46.9% of the variance of coping with death. CONCLUSION New graduate nurses are at a disadvantage in terms of death self-efficacy, less well prepared in coping with death and are more anxious about death. IMPACT It is imperative for educational institutions to support new graduate nurses with pre-licensure learning related to patient death issues and care. Organizations are also strongly advised to support new graduate nurses to cope with patient death through development of culturally sensitive interventions and guidelines, which may in turn assist with decreasing new graduate nurses' risk of burnout and increasing their longevity in the profession.
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- Ruishuang Zheng
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia.,Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.,Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Nursing, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia
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Development and psychometric validation of a comprehensive end-of-life care competence scale: A study based on three-year surveys of health and social care professionals in Hong Kong. Palliat Support Care 2020; 19:198-207. [PMID: 32830639 DOI: 10.1017/s1478951520000723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to develop an assessment tool measuring comprehensive interdisciplinary competence in end-of-life care (EoLC) and investigate its content, construct validity, reliability, and their correlates. METHOD Items of the Comprehensive End-of-Life Care Competence Scale (CECCS) were developed according to a comprehensive core competence framework in EoLC and refined by a multi-disciplinary panel of experts. The psychometric properties were further tested through region-wide surveys of self-administered questionnaires completed by health and social care professionals in Hong Kong. RESULTS Participants comprised social workers, nurses, physicians, and allied health care professionals (445 participants in 2016, 410 in 2017, and 523 in 2018). Factor analysis validated the construct of the questionnaire which encompassed 26 items describing EoLC core competences in seven domains with satisfactory internal reliability (confirmatory factor analysis: χ2/df = 3.12, GFI = 0.85, TLI = 0.93, CFI = 0.94, RMSEA = 0.07; Cronbach's alphas ranged from 0.89 to 0.97): overarching value & knowledge, communication skills, symptom management, psychosocial and community care, end-of-life decision-making, bereavement care, and self-care. Higher perceived levels in these competences were correlated with a higher level of job meaningfulness and satisfaction (r ranged from 0.17 to 0.39, p < 0.01) and correlated with lower perceived stress (r ranged from -0.11 to -0.28, p < 0.05). Regression analysis found that age and work involvement in EoLC were positively associated with the perceived competences in all domains; professionals working in hospices reported higher levels of competence than workers in other settings; social workers showed lower perceived competences in symptom management, but higher levels in bereavement care than other health care professionals. SIGNIFICANCE OF RESULTS The validity and internal reliability of CECCS were demonstrated. The levels of perceived competences working in EoLC were significantly associated with professionals' job-related well-being. Practically, there is still room for improvement in comprehensive competences among health and social care workers in Hong Kong.
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Death Self-efficacy, Attitudes Toward Death and Burnout Among Oncology Nurses: A Multicenter Cross-sectional Study. Cancer Nurs 2020; 45:E388-E396. [PMID: 32511153 DOI: 10.1097/ncc.0000000000000839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND To effectively care for dying patients, nurses need to possess death self-efficacy-the state of having both a range of skills and capabilities to provide care to dying patients and confidence in one's ability to do so. A paucity of death self-efficacy may lead to burnout. OBJECTIVES The aims of this study are to clarify oncology nurses' death self-efficacy and to explore its relationships with attitudes toward death and burnout. METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed in 7 cancer hospitals across mainland China between June and July 2019. Oncology nurses completed an online survey consisting of the Death Self-efficacy Scale, Death Attitude Profile-Revised Scale, and Maslach Burnout Inventory. RESULTS The 755 oncology nurses completing the survey reported low death self-efficacy and high levels of burnout. Those who had more years of clinical experience, had the highest professional rank, talked death quite often, and have received palliative care trainings, doing no shift work, scored higher on death self-efficacy. Death self-efficacy was positively correlated with positive attitudes toward death and negatively correlated with levels of burnout. The multiple regression analysis showed that death self-efficacy and attitudes toward death were independent, significant predictors of oncology nurses' burnout. CONCLUSIONS Chinese oncology nurses are not well prepared to care for dying cancer patients and cope with death-related issues. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE Improvement in death self-efficacy among oncology nurses is necessary, especially for those who are young, are unmarried, are doing shift work, and never received palliative care training. Enhanced death self-efficacy may be realized through self-reflective practice and palliative care education.
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Páez G, Lopez Gabeiras P, Moreno D'Anna M. Alcance de la calidad de vida en atención médica. PERSONA Y BIOÉTICA 2020. [DOI: 10.5294/pebi.2020.24.1.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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La expresión calidad de vida tiene un uso cada vez más generalizado en la práctica biomédica, sobre todo en situaciones de final de la vida. La experiencia demuestra que, muchas veces, esa expresión se emplea con alcances muy diversos, en ocasiones contrapuestos. En el presente artículo se exponen los resultados de una revisión bibliográfica que muestra tlas diferentes posturas y se propone una delimitación del tema. El análisis compara los términos “calidad de vida”, “dignidad humana” y “valor de la vida humana”.
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