A survey of the death attitude of pharmacy students finished clinical training using the Death Attitude Inventory
10.2512/jspm.8.319
- VernacularTitle:臨老式死生観尺度を使用した実務実習を終えた薬学生の死生観に関する意識調査
- Author:
Munetoshi Sugiura
;
Seiichiro Kuroda
;
Mikiko Kaitsu
;
Sumako Nakajima
;
Satoru Iwase
;
Yuki Nakajima
;
Katsuyoshi Uchino
;
Hiroshi Suzuki
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Death Attitude Inventory;
pharmacy students;
death attitude;
education of palliative care
- From:Palliative Care Research
2013;8(2):319-325
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Purpose: Pharmacists should play a positive role in palliative care. The pharmacy curriculum should also contain content promoting an appropriate attitude toward death. Hence, this study aims to gather fundamental information that can be used to understand the various death attitudes held by pharmacy students. Methods: We targeted 159 sixth-year students of the School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, in 2011. They studied "Up-to-date-Palliative-Care" (an elective subject). To investigate their overall perception of death, we used the Death Attitude Inventory (DAI), developed by Hirai and others (2000), and investigated their views of death on the basis of seven factors. We also classified students on the basis of type of death they had experienced, that is, the death of a household, relative, friend, or pet. We compared the scores obtained for each factor and conducted a logistic regression analysis. Results and Conclusion: We analyzed the data from 120 students (valid response rate: 75.5%). Students who had experienced the death of friend, had significantly higher scores on "Life Purpose" and "Death Concern" (p<0.05). Students who had experienced the death of household etc., statistical positive correlation with "Death Concern" and statistical negative correlation with "Death Anxiety" were recognized.
