Nurses’ Involvement in Patients’ Dying and Death

Scale Development and Validation

Bibliographic Data

ID13628402
AuthorsMakiko Kondo (Okayama University, corresponding author), Hiroshi Nagata (0000-0002-0390-6102, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare)
Year2015
Volume70
Issue3
Pages278-300
Publication date2015-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0030222815568959
PMID26036056
OpenAlexW2321938359
LanguageEN
References cited26

This study reports the development of a measurement scale, The Nurses' Involvement in Patients' Dying and Death Scale (NIPDYDS), which fully captures the experiences of nurses caring for patients' dying and death. Potential items were extracted from narrative data gathered systematically and comprehensively from in-depth interviews with nurses engaged in caring for patients' dying and death. Factor analyses revealed four factors, consisting of 40 total items, with two factors related to the positive aspects of the experience (Deep involvement in facing dying and death and Increased competence in facing dying and death) and two factors related to the negative aspects of the experience (Uncertainty and difficulty dealing with dying and death and Accustomed to dying and death). Validity and reliability of the scale were found to be acceptable. The factorial structure of the NIPDYDS was contrasted to Frommelt's (1991) FATCOD (The Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying Scale), and the usefulness and limitations of the NIPDYDS were discussed

Competence (human resources · Good death · Narrative · Palliative care · Scale (ratio · Clinical Psychology · Ethics in medical practice · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Patient Dignity and Privacy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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