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Actitudes ante la muerte en cirujanos e internistas
Rodríguez Sánchez, Antonio.
  • Rodríguez Sánchez, Antonio; s.af
Rev. cuba. med. mil ; 50(4)dic. 2021.
Article in Spanish | LILACS-Express | LILACS | ID: biblio-1408752
RESUMEN
RESUMEN

Introducción:

La muerte en el contexto hospitalario, es un estresor crítico que para el médico en su asistencia es parte del rol profesional, lo cual produce diferentes actitudes de afrontamiento.

Objetivo:

Comparar las actitudes ante la muerte en médicos cirujanos e internistas de un hospital clínico quirúrgico.

Método:

Investigación cuantitativa, descriptiva y transversal, realizada en agosto del 2019, en una muestra intencional de 30 cirujanos y 33 internistas. Se empleó el Cuestionario de Actitudes ante la Muerte - 2, compuesto por 32 ítems distribuidos en 6 subescalas.

Resultados:

Hubo desacuerdos con tener actitudes religiosas tanto en cirujanos como en internistas. No se manifestaron actitudes de ansiedad ante la muerte ni actitudes proeutanasia. Se identificaron posiciones no definidas con relación a las actitudes de distanciamiento profesional. Se mostró ambigüedad con respecto a las actitudes de vulnerabilidad afectiva y de evasión ante la muerte. No hubo asociación entre la edad y la experiencia profesional con respecto a las actitudes caracterizadas.

Conclusiones:

Las actitudes ante la muerte entre internistas y cirujanos se caracterizaron por ser predominantemente homogéneas. No se halla ningún tipo de relación entre las variables sociodemográficas edad y experiencia laboral, con respecto a las actitudes ante la muerte.
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT

Introduction:

Death in the hospital context is a critical stressor; for the doctor in his care, is part of the professional role, producing different coping attitudes.

Objective:

To compare the attitudes to death in surgeons and internists of clinical-surgical hospital.

Methods:

Quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional research conducted in August 2019, in an intentional sample of 30 surgeons and 33 internists. The Attitudes to Death Questionnare-2 was used, composed of 32 items distributed in 6 subscales.

Results:

There were disagreements with having religious attitudes both surgeons and internists. There were no anxiety attitudes towards death as well as pro-euthanasia attitudes. Undefined positions were identified in relation to professional distancing attitudes. There was ambiguity regarding attitudes of affective vulnerability and evasion before death. There was no association between age and professional experience with respect to the attitudes characterized.

Conclusions:

The attitudes to death between surgeons and internists were characterized by being predominantly homogeneous. No type of relationship was found between the sociodemographic variables age and work experience with respect to attitudes towards death.

Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Type of study: Prognostic study Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. cuba. med. mil Journal subject: History of Medicine / Military Medicine Year: 2021 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Type of study: Prognostic study Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. cuba. med. mil Journal subject: History of Medicine / Military Medicine Year: 2021 Type: Article