Testing of a Causal Model
Acceptance of Death in Hospice Patients
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13628472 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dona J Ita (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 81-92 |
| Publication date | 1996-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/3x1h-lpt2-je6d-bvr6 |
| OpenAlex | W1965997165 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 28 |
This survey study examined a proposed causal model of acceptance of death, through a chart review and interviews of sixty-nine home hospice patients, their primary caregivers, and hospice staff. Path analysis revealed an overall significant effect of the model, explaining 23 percent of the variance in the dependent variable planning for death. Patient values was found to have a significant direct effect upon planning for death. Spirituality was negatively related to death anxiety and positively related to social support. Age had a direct effect upon spirituality, with older patients having a higher level of spirituality. Ethnicity was related to patient social support, with whites having higher social support. Correlations conducted between variables further specified the model, revealing relationships between age and ethnicity, and social support and hospice values
Alternative medicine · Anxiety · Causal model · Death anxiety · Ethnic group · Hospice care · Palliative care · Path analysis (statistics · Psychiatry · Religiosity · Social support · Spirituality · Structural equation modeling · Clinical Psychology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology
Hospice Access and Use by African Americans
The Development of a Brief Version of the Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire
Policies and practices in educational gerontology in mainland China
The factor structure of the Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale
The Connection of Soul (COS) scale
Spirituality, Religion, and Aging Research in Social Work
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Assisting with End-of-life Care and Decision Making
Confronting Suffering and Death at the End of Life
Factors Related to Attitudes Toward Death among American and Chinese Older Adults
Positive emotions and spirituality in older travelers
Attitudes toward Dying and Death
The Development, Validity, and Reliability of the Oars Multidimensional Functional Assessment Questionnaire
The McGill Pain Questionnaire
Religion and Social Work Practice
The role of denial in recovery from coronary heart disease
Religious Correlates of Death Anxiety
Death Anxiety in Religiously Very Involved Persons
Fear of Death and Religious Belief
Belief in Afterlife and Death Anxiety
Death Experience and Religion
Family Support, Age, and Emotional States of Terminally Ill Cancer Patients
A Task-Based Approach to Coping with Dying
Exploration of Death Anxiety as a Function of Religious Variables in Gay Men with and without Aids
The Relationship between Direct and Indirect Measures of Death Anxiety
Belief in an Afterlife
Impact of Life Factors upon Attitudes toward Death
Response Bias in Studying Hospice Clients' Needs
Coping Resources in Adaptation to Cancer
Measuring death anxiety
Divine Relations, Social Relations, and Well-Being
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,41 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2022 (24) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |