Intensive care nurses’ attitudes toward the “dying with dignity” principles and affecting factors

Abstract

Aim: This research was conducted in order to determine intensive care nurses’ attitudes toward the “dying with dignity” principlesand factors affecting.Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted at the Turgut Özal Medical Center of Inonu University from June 2019to July 2020. Nurses working in intensive care units constituted the population of the research. The research was without samplingchoice, and was carried out with 204 nurses who agreed to participate in the research and fit the criteria. The “Personal InformationForm” and the “Assessment Scale of Attitudes toward the Principles of Dying with Dignity” were used. Data were analyzed usingweight, means, standard deviations, Mann–Whitney U, and Kruskal–Wallis H tests.Results: It was found that the nurses’ “Assessment Scale of Attitudes toward the Principles of Dying with Dignity” score was45.7±4.25. A negative relationship was found between age and the Assessment Scale of Attitudes toward the Principles of Dyingwith Dignity score (r:-.181, p