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Mediating effect of meaning in life on death anxiety and attitude toward palliative care among undergraduate nursing students.
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The Effect of Web-Based End-of-Life and Post-Mortem Care Education on Nursing Students' Post-Mortem Self-Efficacy, Death Literacy, and Attitudes Toward the Principles of a Dignified Death: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Abstract
backgroundThis study investigates the mediating effect of meaning in life between death anxiety and attitude toward palliative care among nursing students.
methodsWe enrolled 363 undergraduate nursing students using a convenience sampling method as the respondents and conducted a survey using general information about nursing students, the Chinese version of the FATCOD-B Scale, the Chinese version of the Death Anxiety Scale, and the Chinese version of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire. The SPSS25.0 statistical software was used to analyze the mediating effect.
resultsThe mean total attitude score toward palliative care was (104.72 ± 10.62). Death anxiety had a significant negative predictive effect on the attitude toward palliative care (β = -0.520, P < 0.01). When the mediating variable of the presence of meaning in life was included, the negative predictive effect of death anxiety on attitude toward palliative care remained significant (β = -0.379, P = 0.036); the mediating effect (-0.141) accounted for 27.12% of the total impact (-0.520).
conclusionsThe presence of meaning in life mediates the relationship between death anxiety and attitude toward palliative care. This implies that nursing educators, through their role in educating nursing students about the meaning of life, can significantly influence the development of a positive attitude toward palliative care.
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