Naslov
(Dis)agreement with Dysthanasia, Religiosity and Spiritual Experience as Factors Related to Nurses' Workload During End-of-life Care

Autori
Juranić, Brankica ; Včev, Aleksandar ; Vuletić, Suzana ; Rakošec, Željko ; Roguljić, Domagoj ; Mikšić, Štefica ; Jakab, Jelena ; Vujanić, Jasenka ; Lovrić, Robert

Izvornik
International journal of environmental research and public health (1661-7827) 20 (2023), 2; 955, 17

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
dysthanasia ; end-of-life care ; intensive care units ; psychological stress ; religion ; spirituality ; workload

Sažetak
This study intended to investigate whether the workload of nurses in the course of provid- ing end-of-life care correlated with their religiousness, spiritual experience and level of agreement with dysthanasia procedures. The respondents included 279 nurses from four Croatian hospitals. A structured and validated instrument was applied. Almost 90% of respondents are religious, and almost 45% of them have daily spiritual experiences. Respondents, especially those with high lev- els of religiousness and spiritual experience, express a low level of agreement with dysthanasia (mean = 58.21 ; score = 25–125). Moreover, nurses self-rated (on a scale of 1–5) their workload as quite high, especially when performing contradictory tasks imposed on them by their superiors (mean = 3.05) and during direct contact with dying patients and their family members (mean = 2.56). This significantly highest level of workload was experienced by the youngest nurses (p = 0.01) and nurses with little work experience (p < 0.01). This study also indicated that nurses who agree with dys- thanasia experienced a higher level of workload when providing end-of-life care (r = 0.178 ; p < 0.01), while more frequent spiritual experiences reduced the level of workload (r = −0.205 ; p < 0.01). A deeper understanding of nurses’ attitudes toward dysthanasia, as well as of their religiousness and spiritual experiences, may ensure the collection of data beneficial to the timely identification of potential risks caused by workload.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Teologija, Integrativna bioetika (prirodne, tehničke, biomedicina i zdravstvo, biotehničke, društvene, humanističke znanosti), Biotehnologija u biomedicini (prirodno područje, biomedicina i zdravstvo, biotehničko područje)

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