Relationship between Death Coping and Death Cognition and Meaning in Life among Nurses

A Cross-Sectional Study

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ID13628509
AutoresTingting Lv (0000-0002-7764-124X, School of Nursing, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China), Lezhi Li (0000-0001-5872-0842, Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China), Huiping Wang (0000-0002-0385-4701, Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China), Hong Zhao (0000-0003-1137-8028, Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China), Fengzhi Chen (0000-0002-6097-6027, Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China), Xiachan He (0000-0002-4258-2163, Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China), Huilin Zhang (0009-0004-3470-4214, Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume91
Fascículo3
Páginas1528-1547
Data de publicação2023-02-20
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00302228231158911
PMID36803151
OpenAlexW4321373321
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas40

To explore nurses' ability to cope with death and its relationship with death cognition and meaning in life in the context of Chinese traditional culture. 1146 nurses from six tertiary hospitals were recruited. Participants completed the Coping with Death Scale, the Meaning in Life Questionnaire, and the self-made Death Cognition Questionnaire. Multiple regression analysis revealed that the search for meaning, the understanding of "good death", receiving education related to life-and-death, cultural aspect, the presence of meaning, and the number of patient deaths experienced in career explained 20.3% of the variance in the ability to cope with death. Lacking a correct understanding of death, nurses are not sufficiently prepared to deal with death and their ability to cope with death is influenced by the unique cognition of death and the sense of the meaning in life in the context of Chinese traditional culture

Cognition · Context (archaeology · Coping (psychology · Death anxiety · Meaning (existential · Meaning of life · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Clinical Psychology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology