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Sarhadi M. Iranian Nurses' Attitudes Toward Death and Their Understanding of Spirituality and Spiritual Care. Health Educ Health Promot 2025; 13 (2) :235-240
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“Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery,” and “Community Nursing Research Center”, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
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Aims: Nurses are responsible for meeting the care needs of dying patients and their families, including the evaluation and provision of spiritual care. Therefore, this study investigated nurses’ attitudes toward death and their understanding of spirituality and spiritual care.
Instrument & Methods: This descriptive-analytical study included 237 Iranian nurses working in hospitals in southeast Iran in 2023. The data were collected using the Death Attitude Profile-Revised and the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale. Data analysis was performed using SPSS 22 software, employing descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, and Pearson’s correlation coefficient.
Findings: The average score of nurses’ attitudes toward death was 134.80±12.57, and the average score of nurses’ attitudes toward spirituality and spiritual care was 84.59±9.98. There was a weak correlation between scores of the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale and Death Attitude Profile-Revised subscales. There was no relationship between participants’ perceptions of spiritual care and their attitudes toward death (p≤0.05).
Conclusion: Education and work experience are effective in fostering a positive attitude among nurses toward death.
Instrument & Methods: This descriptive-analytical study included 237 Iranian nurses working in hospitals in southeast Iran in 2023. The data were collected using the Death Attitude Profile-Revised and the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale. Data analysis was performed using SPSS 22 software, employing descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, and Pearson’s correlation coefficient.
Findings: The average score of nurses’ attitudes toward death was 134.80±12.57, and the average score of nurses’ attitudes toward spirituality and spiritual care was 84.59±9.98. There was a weak correlation between scores of the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale and Death Attitude Profile-Revised subscales. There was no relationship between participants’ perceptions of spiritual care and their attitudes toward death (p≤0.05).
Conclusion: Education and work experience are effective in fostering a positive attitude among nurses toward death.
Keywords: Attitude [MeSH], Spirituality [MeSH], Nurses [MeSH], Attitudes to Death [MeSH], Iran [MeSH]
Article Type: Descriptive & Survey |
Subject:
Spiritual Health
Received: 2025/03/29 | Accepted: 2025/05/17 | Published: 2025/05/21
Received: 2025/03/29 | Accepted: 2025/05/17 | Published: 2025/05/21
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