The Swedish Version of the Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying Scale

Henoch, Ingela; Browall, Maria; Melin‐Johansson, Christina; Danielson, Ella; Udo, Camilla; Sundler, Annelie Johansson; Björk, Maria; Ek, Kristina; Hammarlund, Kina; Bergh, Ingrid; Strang, Susann

doi:10.1097/ncc.0b013e318279106b

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“…27 The attitudes towards death among participants in our study were more positive than those found among nursing students in Palestine and Turkey, 15 28 similar to those found among nursing students in the USA 29 and poorer than those found among nursing students in Sweden. 30 Further, our sample of nursing students had more positive attitudes than those found among registered nurses in China, 8 India, 31 32 Ethiopia, 33 Saudi Arabia 17 and Japan 9 ; however, nurses in Israel 5 and the USA 34 have been found to have more positive attitudes than those seen in the present study.…”

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Factors affecting attitudes towards caring for terminally ill patients among nursing students in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study

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ObjectivesPositive attitudes towards end-of-life care are essential among nursing students to adequately support terminally ill patients and enable students to feel confident about providing end-of-life care. This study aimed to determine nursing students’ attitudes towards caring for terminally ill patients, as well as the associations between these attitudes and year of study, exposure to terminally ill people, self-perceived nursing skills and subjective impact of instruction.DesignCross-sectional study.SettingA health sciences school in Switzerland.ParticipantsAll preparatory students, first-year nursing students and third-year nursing students were invited to participate; 178 agreed to participate.Primary outcome measureAttitudes towards terminally ill patients were assessed using the Frommelt Attitudes Toward Care of the Dying Scale, Form B (FATCOD, Form B), as the primary outcome. Secondary measures were gender, age, year of study, number of terminally ill persons encountered, self-perceived palliative care nursing skills and subjective impact of instruction.ResultsMean FATCOD, Form B score was 117.7 (SD: 9.8, median: 118.0). Better attitudes towards terminally ill patients were significantly associated with being aged 24–26 years (β=6.97, 95% CI 2.00 to 11.95, p=0.006), year of study (β=3.47, 95% CI 1.69 to 5.25, p<0.001), professional encounters with terminally ill patients (β=3.59, 95% CI 2.23 to 4.95, p<0.001) and self-perceived palliative care nursing competence (β=1.23, 95% CI 0.41 to 2.04; p=0.003). In the multivariate analysis, professionally encountering terminally ill patients remained significant (β=3.00; 95% CI 1.43 to 4.57; p<0.001).ConclusionsNursing students’ attitudes towards caring for terminally ill patients were positive and improved as their year of study progressed. Professional exposure to terminally ill patients was the strongest factor, followed by private encounters, self-perceived palliative care nursing skills, year of study and age.

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Factors affecting attitudes towards caring for terminally ill patients among nursing students in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study

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“…In our view, nursing students are also challenged in another way. They are expected to acquire and cope with knowledge, also research based, that is, vital to patients' survival (Henoch et al, 2014;Liu et al, 2011;Parkes, 1985). They meet serious illness as well as dying patients and are thoroughly trained in mastering such situations.…”

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Psychological Distress in Norwegian Nurses and Teachers over Nine Years

Nerdrum

Geirdal

Høglend

2016

P&P

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Psychological distress have been found to be high and influence negatively nurses' and teachers' work. In this nine-year project, we present the first longitudinal study comparing psychological distress from 1467 students and young professionals in nursing and teaching. Psychological distress was measured with GHQ 12 at the start and the end of their studies and three and six years after graduation. Both descriptive statistics and estimated models were used to assess psychological distress over time. Psychological distress increased significantly in both groups during education. The reduction of psychological distress was significant among the nurses, and they clearly showed a "healthy worker effect" when coming into clinical work. The teachers had a small and non-significant reduction in the same period and did not show a positive effect after starting pedagogical work.

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“…Furthermore, the reliability of the questionnaire was measured by other researchers after it had been translated to other languages. [9,16,17] For example, the Chronbach Alpha was 0.90 after being translated into Arabic language. [9] The questionnaire consisted of fifteen positively and fifteen negatively worded statements using a five point Likert scale to indicate participants' responses for each statement.…”

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Undergraduate final year nursing students’ attitudes toward caring for dying patients: Bahrain’s experience

Yaqoob¹,

Nasaif²,

Kadhom³

2018

CNS

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Background: Nursing students are frequently exposed to dying patients during their clinical placement. Research studies that examined nursing students’ attitudes toward caring for dying patients were limited in the Gulf Region, including Bahrain.Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine the attitudes of fourth-year baccalaureate nursing students regarding caring for dying patients.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional design was utilized to recruit a convenience sample of fifty-four nursing students. Frommelt’s Attitudes towards Caring of the Dying (FATCOD) five Likert scale was used.Results: The overall findings revealed that participants had a neutral attitude toward caring for dying patients. The overall attitudes mean score was 3.4 ± 0.3. The majority of participants were female (83%, n = 45). The difference in the mean score in relation to gender was statistically significant (p = .049). Although the majority of all participants (80%) reported having dealt with the terminally ill people in the past, the association between previous experience and reported attitudes was not statistically significant (p = .31).Conclusions and recommendations: Literature revealed that students who received end of life education where found to have positive attitudes. Therefore, it’s crucial to introduce a standalone educational module regarding end of life care early on in the undergraduate curriculum. It is recommended that future studies recruit nursing students from other baccalaureate year levels to reassess the attitudes and level of preparedness following a curriculum reform and implementation of end of life care education. Additionally, a qualitative research method is recommended to explore the lived experience of the nursing students when they are caring for dying patients.

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The Swedish Version of the Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying Scale

Abstract: Care culture might influence nurses' attitudes toward caring for dying patients; the benefits of education need to be explored.

Cited by 49 publications

References 24 publications

Factors affecting attitudes towards caring for terminally ill patients among nursing students in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study

Factors affecting attitudes towards caring for terminally ill patients among nursing students in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study

Psychological Distress in Norwegian Nurses and Teachers over Nine Years

Undergraduate final year nursing students’ attitudes toward caring for dying patients: Bahrain’s experience

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