Attitudes towards death and dying among intensive care professionals: A cross-sectional design evaluating culture-related differential item functioning of the frommelt attitudes toward care of the dying instrument.

Hanan HamdanAlshehri, Axel Wolf, Joakim Öhlén, Richard Sawatzky, Sepideh Olausson

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Article in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Hanan HamdanAlshehriPrincess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Medical and Surgical Department College of Nursing, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Axel WolfInstitute of Health and Care Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Vastra Gotland, Sweden.

Joakim ÖhlénInstitute of Health and Care Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Vastra Gotland, Sweden.

Richard SawatzkyTrinity Western University, Canada.

Sepideh OlaussonInstitute of Health and Care Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Vastra Gotland, Sweden.

OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University · NOPrincess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University · SASahlgrenska University Hospital · SEUniversity of Gothenburg · SEWestern University · CA

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Abstract

Objective: The objective is to examine whether one of the most used instruments for measuring attitudes towards caring for dying patients, the Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying (FATCOD-B) instrument, has the same meaning across different societal contexts, as exemplified by Swedish and Saudi Arabian intensive care professionals. Methods: A cross-sectional design used the 30-item FATCOD-B questionnaire. It was distributed to intensive care professionals from Sweden and Saudi Arabia, generating a total sample of 227 participants. Ordinal logistic regression models were used to examine the differential item functioning (DIF) for each item. Results: Up to 12 of the 30 items were found to have significant DIF values related to: (a) Swedish and Saudi Arabian intensive care professionals, (b) Swedish and Saudi Arabian registered nurses (RNs), (c) RNs' levels of experience and (d) RNs and other intensive care professionals in Saudi Arabia. Conclusions: The results indicate that FATCOD should be used cautiously when comparing attitudes towards death and dying across different societal and healthcare contexts.

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Attitude scaleDeath and dyingDifferential item functioningIntensive careOrdinal logistic regressionPalliative care

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PMID37600399

DOI10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18864

PMCPMC10432714

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