Correlation analysis between hospice care attitude and death depression in undergraduate nursing students / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the association between attitudes toward care of the dying and death depression in undergraduate nursing students.Methods:With stratified sampling, 380 undergraduate nursing students in Guangdong Medical University from June to September 2020 were investigated by using a self-designed questionnaire, Frommelt Attitudes Toward Care of the Dying Scale Form B (FATCOD-B-C) and Chinese version of Death Depression Scale-Revised (CCDS-R). Pearson correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between hospice care attitude and death depression of nursing undergraduates.Results:The score of FATCOD-B-C of 380 nursing undergraduates was (104.92 ± 7.92) points. The highest average score of dimensions of attitude toward the necessity of family support was (4.02 ± 0.38) points, and the lowest average score of dimensions of attitude toward communication with the dying person was (2.95 ± 0.42) points. The score of CCDS-R was (54.58 ± 12.52) points. The highest average score of dimensions of other death was (3.48 ± 0.80) points, and the lowest average score of dimensions of existential vacuum was (1.78 ± 0.69) points. Pearson analysis revealed that attitudes toward care of the dying had a negative association with death depression ( r=-0.34, P<0.05). Conclusions:Attitudes toward care of the dying of undergraduate nursing students is in a higher level and it has close association with death depression. It is recommended to reduce the death depression level of undergraduate nursing students through hospice care training and carrying out death education, so as to improve the positive attitudes of caring for dying patients.