Status quo of attitude towards death among nursing students before internship and its influencing factors
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20200229-01196
- VernacularTitle:护生实习前死亡态度现状及其影响因素分析
- Author:
Hui WENG
1
;
Xiaoling YU
;
Dequan WU
Author Information
1. 安徽医科大学第二附属医院护理部，合肥 230601
- Keywords:
Students, nursing;
Internship;
Attitude towards death;
Influencing factors
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2020;26(20):2718-2722
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the status quo of attitude towards death among nursing students before internship and analyze its influencing factors so as to provide basis for nursing educators to formulate death education strategies.Methods:From May to June 2019, a total of 225 nursing students from 8 medical colleges in Anhui Province were selected as research objects by convenient sampling method. The general information questionnaire and the Chinese version of Death Attitude Profile-Revised (DAP-R) were used to investigate it. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to analyze the influencing factors of attitude towards death.Results:The total score of DAP-R of 225 nursing students before internship was (88.03±14.81) . The scores of the five dimensions from high to low were: natural acceptance, death avoidance, death fear, approach acceptance and escape acceptance. Univariate analysis showed that scores on attitude towards death of nursing students with different education backgrounds, the atmosphere when discussing death at home and whether they had received death education were statistically significant ( t=2.528, 5.130, 2.684; P < 0.05) . Multiple linear regression analysis showed that educational background, the atmosphere when discussing death at home and whether receiving death education were influencing factors of attitude towards death before internship ( P < 0.05) , which explained 7.8% of the total variation. Conclusions:The attitude towards death before internship among nursing students from 8 medical colleges in Anhui Province is at a medium level. Educators should formulate death education courses according to their attitudes to death and carry out various forms of death education according to their influencing factors so as to cultivate correct life and death views for nursing students.
