ArticleBMC nursing2025
Polish translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and psychometric evaluation of the Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying Scale - Form A (FATCOD-A) among nurses.
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- The Impact of Educational Interventions on Nursing Students' Attitudes Towards End-of-Life Care: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing open · 2026Observational
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backgroundNurses' attitudes towards death, dying patients and End-of-Life care have a great significance for the quality of provided care. Various factors influence nurses' attitudes towards death. Negative attitudes or ineffective ways of coping with stress caused by patient's death can lead to severe implications, such as job burnout or avoidance and hostility toward dying patients. Therefore, evaluation of nurses' attitudes towards caring for terminally ill is essential for providing good and suitable palliative care.
methodsThe aim of the study was to validate and culturally adapt the Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying Scale Form A. Research was conducted among 283 polish nurses with the use of questionnaire translated by two independent certified interpreters. Polish version of the tool was accepted by the author of the scale - K. H. M. Frommelt. The reliability of the scale was calculated using Cronbach's Alpha coefficient. The validity analysis was determined by assessing the correlation between sociodemographic data and the results of the scale. Factor analysis was performed using the principal component analysis and Varimax rotation method.
resultsThe analysis revealed two-factorial structure of the tool. Internal consistency of the scale calculated with the Cronbach's Alpha coefficient showed adequate reliability of the entire scale (α = 0,820) and its factors (α = 0.808 and α = 0.757 respectively). The final version of the Polish scale consists of 30 items. Also, the study revealed correlation between nurses' attitude and gender, age, workplace, work experience and education.
conclusionsThis preliminary study demonstrated good internal consistency and a two-dimensional structure of Polish version of FATCOD A, and the results suggest that further validation work should be performed. It is important to expand the database of tools designed to conduct research among nurses and this study provides another instrument that can be used for this purpose.
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