Hospital Nurses' Perception of Death and Self-Reported Performance of End-of-Life Care: Mediating Role of Attitude towards End-of-Life Careopen access
- Authors
- Park, Hyo-Jin; Lee, Yun-Mi; Won, Mi Hwa; Lim, Sung-Jun; Son, Youn-Jung
- Issue Date
- Jun-2020
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- attitude; end-of-life care; death; hospital; nurses; perceptions
- Citation
- HEALTHCARE, v.8, no.2
- Journal Title
- HEALTHCARE
- Volume
- 8
- Number
- 2
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/52826
- DOI
- 10.3390/healthcare8020142
- ISSN
- 2227-9032
2227-9032
- Abstract
- Few studies have explored how nurses in acute care hospitals perceive and perform end-of-life care in Korea. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the influence of nurses' perceptions of death on end-of-life care performance and analyze the mediating role of attitude towards end-of-life care among hospital nurses. This cross-sectional study included a total of 250 nurses who have had experience with end-of-life care from four general hospitals in Korea. We used the Korean validated tools with the View of Life and Death Scale, the Frommelt Attitudes Toward Care of the Dying (FATCOD) scale, and the performance of end-of-life care. Hierarchical linear regression and mediation analysis, applying the bootstrapping method. The results of hierarchical linear regression showed that nurses' positive perceptions of death and attitude towards end-of-life care were significantly associated with their performance of end-of-life care. A mediation analysis further revealed that nurses' attitude towards end-of-life care mediates the relationship between the perceptions of death and performance of end-of-life care. Our findings suggest that supportive and practical death educational programs should be designed, based on nurses' professional experience and work environment, which will enable them to provide better end-of-life care.
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