a Department of Nursing , Trakya University Faculty of Health Sciences , Edirne , Turkey.
Psychol Health Med. 2019 Aug;24(7):843-852. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2019.1576914. Epub 2019 Feb 6.
In order to provide dying individuals with the necessary care, firstly nurses and nursing students should be aware of their own emotions regarding death. The aim of this research is to determine the relationship between death anxiety and attitudes toward the care of dying patient in nursing students. This study planned as a descriptive was carried out 376 students who were educated in the first, second, third and fourth grades of the nursing department of faculty of health sciences of a university in Turkey. Data were collected with 'Death Anxiety Scale' and 'Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying Scale (FATCOD-Form B)'. The students' mean score on the death anxiety scale was 32.98 ± 15.01 and their mean score on the Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying Scale was 105.09 ± 9.42. The level of death anxiety is different in gender and the classes. Also, it is inversely related to the attitude toward the care of the dying patients. It is important to reduce death anxiety in order to increase positive attitudes toward the care of the dying patient.
为了为临终个体提供必要的关怀，首先护士和护理学生应该了解自己对死亡的情绪。本研究旨在确定护理学生的死亡焦虑与临终关怀态度之间的关系。这项研究计划为描述性研究，在土耳其一所大学健康科学学院护理系的一、二、三、四年级的 376 名学生中进行。使用“死亡焦虑量表”和“弗洛姆临终关怀态度量表（FATCOD-Form B）”收集数据。学生死亡焦虑量表的平均得分为 32.98 ± 15.01，弗洛姆临终关怀态度量表的平均得分为 105.09 ± 9.42。性别和年级的死亡焦虑水平不同。此外，它与临终关怀态度呈负相关。为了增加对临终患者的关怀的积极态度，减少死亡焦虑是很重要的。
