Death Anxiety and Terminal Care Performance of Nurses at Long Term Care Hospitals.
10.14475/kjhpc.2017.20.1.37
- Author:
La Jin LEE
1
;
Hyoung Sook PARK
Author Information
1. Graduate School, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Nurses;
Long-term care;
Death;
Anxiety;
Terminal care
- MeSH:
Anxiety*;
Busan;
Long-Term Care*;
Terminal Care*
- From:Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
2017;20(1):37-45
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the relationships between death anxiety and terminal care performance of nurses at long term care hospitals. METHODS: Data were collected from 148 nurses working at 12 long term care hospitals in Busan from March 16, 2016 through May 16, 2016. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffé test and Pearson's correlation coefficient with SPSS 18.0 for Windows. RESULTS: Terminal care performance was positively correlated with anxiety about other people's death (r=0.310, P≤0.001) and that of their own death (r=0.250, P=0.002). CONCLUSION: It appears necessary to develop a systematical educational program for terminal care nurses of to reduce their death anxiety and improve their terminal care performance.
