Big Five Personality Model-based study of death coping self-efficacy in clinical nurses: A cross-sectional survey

Lin, Xiaola; Li, Xiaoqing; Liu, Qing; Shao, Shengwen; Xiang, Weilan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0252430

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“…Death-coping self-efficacy (DCS) refers to whether a nurse has the confidence to provide palliative care timely to dying patients and assist their family members, which include the confidence to evaluate needs, dealing with care problems, managing symptoms and providing information, coping with the death of a loved one and planning and preparation for burial [ 1 ]. It has always been the core goal of palliative care to allow patients to treat death with the best mentality, optimism and happiness at the end of life, and to achieve a "good death" [ 2 ].…”

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Death-coping self-efficacy and its influencing factors among Chinese nurses: A cross-sectional study

Lin

Bai

et al. 2022

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Background Nurses are the main caregivers of dying patients. Facing or dealing with death-related events is inevitable. Death-coping self-efficacy (DCS) is very important, as it can reduce the risk of nursing staff to adverse emotional distress, help them participate in end-of-life care and improve the quality of care of patients. Methods Using the convenient sampling method, this study included a total of 572 nurses from a tertiary hospital in Hangzhou, China. The status and influencing factors of the DCS of nurses were explored using a general information questionnaire and DCS scale. Results The scores of each parameter, ranging from low to high, were in the order of coping with grief, preparation for death and hospice care. Factors influencing nurses’ DCS included attendance in hospice care education courses within the previous year, experience of accompanying the family members of the deceased and attitude towards death. Conclusions The overall self-efficacy of nurses in palliative care was at a medium level. Moreover, their self-efficacy in coping with grief and preparation for death should be strengthened. Managers of medical institutions can assess the death-coping ability of nurses, which helps provide corresponding support and training for nurses at an early stage. Nurses should receive guidance in grief adjustment and emotion regulation. Medical units should provide nurses with a platform for continuous training and education, use of death-related theoretical models and frameworks to guide nurses in dealing with death-related events, reduce nurses’ negative mood and jointly promote their mental health.

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Death-coping self-efficacy and its influencing factors among Chinese nurses: A cross-sectional study

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“…In explaining these findings, it can be said that neurotic people usually have low emotional stability and are worried, stressed, and rushed. Still, extroverted people are bold, thrill-seeking, and emotional [12]. Therefore, it can be predicted that both groups will experience higher health anxiety.…”

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“…They present with adaptability, trustworthiness, honesty, altruism, kindness, humility, and self-sacrifice. Conscientiousness is a measure of reliability, and a person with a high conscience is competent, orderly, conscientious, purposeful, self-disciplined, and punctual [12].…”

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Relationship Between Personality Traits and Health Anxiety Among Nurses

Kamali,

Mousavi,

Akbari

et al. 2024

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The unique occupational nature of the nursing profession creates anxiety as the most common psychiatric disorder among nurses.Objective: This study investigated the relationship between personality traits and health anxiety among nurses. Materials and Methods:In this analytical cross-sectional descriptive study, 185 nurses from six teaching hospitals affiliated with Zanjan University of Medical Sciences in Iran were selected by stratified random sampling. Data collection tools included a demographic questionnaire; neuroticism, extraversion, openness personality inventory, NEO 5factor inventory (NEOFFI) personality traits (short form), and health anxiety inventory (HAI), which the participants completed by the self-report method. The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive (frequency, percentage, Mean±SD) and inferential (the independent t-test, ANOVA, the Pearson correlation, and multiple linear regression) statistics. Results:The participants' Mean±SD age was 34.83±8.26 years. About 58.4% of the nurses were female, and most were married (82.2%). Nurses' Mean±SD score of health anxiety was 22.86±4.05. The results of the NEO personality questionnaire showed that the highest mean (29.34±8.40) was related to the conscientiousness personality trait and the lowest to extroversion (25.53±8.64). The findings showed a positive and significant relationship between health anxiety and neurotic personality trait (P=0.001, r=0.411) and negative relationships with extraversion (P>0.05, r=-0.199) and openness to extroversion (β=-0.19, 95%CI; -0.66%, -0.04%, P=0.039) personality traits. Also, neuroticism (β=0.23, 95%CI; 0.06%, 0.8%, P=0.012) and extroversion (β=-0.19, 95%CI; 0.66% to 0.04%, P=0.039) personality traits can predict health anxiety in nurses. The findings revealed that 7.9% of the variance of health anxiety could be explained by the nurse's personality traits (F=2.81, R=0.256, R 2 =0.098, adjusted R 2 =0.079, P<0.05). Conclusion:According to the study results and considering the importance of nurses' quality of performance, it is recommended that nurses with personality traits vulnerable to anxiety be identified, and the necessary training will be provided to them in the form of anxiety control and management workshops.

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“…Neuroticism and openness traits were high in Yazdanian et al’s study [ 28 ]. Other studies have reported that conscientiousness was the most common trait among nurses working in general wards and ICUs, and nurses having worked in a nursing position for at least one year [ 29 ].…”

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Nurse evaluation of stress levels during CPR training with heart rate variability using smartwatches according to their personality: A prospective, observational study

Park

Choi²,

Park³

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Background Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a very critical phenomenon, and to prepare for it, most nurses undertake simulation training, during which learners’ stress levels should be managed. This study aims to evaluate nurses’ stress levels during CPR simulation training using heart rate variability (HRV) measured with a smartwatch and to determine the correlation between individual personality traits and stress levels. Methods This prospective observational study was conducted from July 2020 to December 2021. For nurses participating in advanced life support training with more than six months of clinical experience, their stress levels while performing as a CPR team leader were measured. Regarding stress levels, heart rate data measured with a smartwatch were processed using Kubios HRV Standard software to generate HRV parameters. The personality of participants was evaluated using the Big Five personality test. The degree of stress according to personality was determined using HRV parameters. Consequently, the correlation between personality and stress according to the clinical experience of cardiac arrest was analyzed. Results Of the 132 participants, 91.7% were female, and the median age of the sample was 27 years. Agreeable personality had the highest score (32.84±3.83). LF power (r = 0.18, p = 0.04) and HF power (r = 0.20, p = 0.02) showed a significant positive correlation with the agreeableness trait. In subgroup analysis according to the cardiac arrest experience, the agreeableness trait had a positive correlation with a standard deviation of NN intervals (r = 0.24, p = 0.01), root-mean-square of successive differences (r = 0.23, p = 0.02), LF Power (r = 0.26, p = 0.01), and HF power (r = 0.23, p = 0.02), but a negative correlation with mean HR (r = -0.22, p = 0.03). Conclusion The clinical experience in cardiac arrest and agreeableness were related to acute stress during training. In the future, it is necessary to apply a scenario of a level suitable for individual personality and experience, and evaluate the level and achievement of students.

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Big Five Personality Model-based study of death coping self-efficacy in clinical nurses: A cross-sectional survey

Cited by 8 publications

References 60 publications

Death-coping self-efficacy and its influencing factors among Chinese nurses: A cross-sectional study

Death-coping self-efficacy and its influencing factors among Chinese nurses: A cross-sectional study

Relationship Between Personality Traits and Health Anxiety Among Nurses

Nurse evaluation of stress levels during CPR training with heart rate variability using smartwatches according to their personality: A prospective, observational study

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