Abstract
Objective To investigate the attitude to death of oncology nurses and analysis its influencing factors,so as to provide scientific references and basis for care of the dying patients. Methods A convenience sampling method was used to 309 nurses from Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital,the Third Affiliated Hospital of Naval Military Medical University.The survey was conducted by filling in the electronic questionnaire which powered by sojump.com. The questionnaire was composed with a demographic survey and Chinese version Death Attitude Profile-Revised. Results In the five dimensions of Death Attitude Profile-Revised,the highest factor score was in Approach Acceptance(3.56±0.74),the second was in Escape Acceptance(3.54±0.85) and the lowest was in Natural Acceptance(2.30±0.53).There was a statistically significant difference in the number of years of work in Nautral Acceptance(F value was 3.400, P<0.05).Parents with or without religious beliefs had statistically significant differences in Death of Avoidance(t value was 6.207, P<0.05). Consciously aware that the current physical condition was statistically different from Approach Acceptance and Escape Acceptance(F value was 3.494, 2.606, all P<0.05).Consciously the current psychological status was statistically different in Death Fear and Approach Acceptance and Escape Acceptance(F value was 3.381, 3.125, 3.911, all P<0.05).The situation of talking death in the family was statistically different between Death Fear and Death of Avoidance (F value was 2.899, 2.762, all P<0.05).There was a statistically significant difference in Death Fear and Death of Avoidance and Death Education (F value was 3.581, 5.336, all P<0.05). Conclusions The attitude to death in 309 oncology nurses is relatively passive.The main influencing factors are work experience and parents with or without religious beliefs and the situation of talking death in the family physiology and psychology conditions,whether or not receive death education. Key words: Attitude to death; Oncology nurse; Influencing factors
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