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KMID : 0895520160200030107
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Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medical Technology
2016 Volume.20 No. 3 p.107 ~ p.120
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Factors influencing death anxiety, hospices knowledge, and attitude towards end-of-life care among paramedic students
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Kang Kyoung-Ah
Cho Hye-Young
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors influencing death anxiety, hospices knowledge, and attitude towards end-of-life care among paramedic students.
Methods: A self-reported questionnaire was completed by 196 paramedic students in D university college in J city from November 2011 to November 2014. The study instruments included death anxiety, hospices knowledge, and attitude towards end-of-life care. Data were analyzed by t test, ANOVA, post hoc Scheffe test, Pearson's correlation test, and stepwise multiple regression analysis using SPSS v. 20.0.
Results: According to a stepwise regression on the factors influencing attitudes towards end-of-life care, 80.4% of variance (F=161.360, p<.001) was explained by experience of death, hospices knowledge, disappearance of death anxiety, satisfaction with relationships (≥2) and student attitude toward end-of-life care. In addition, 44.1% of the variance (F=39.434, p<.001) was explained by experience of death, satisfaction with relationship(≤4), warning of others about death anxiety, and family attitude towards end-of-life care.
Conclusion: The attitude towards end-of-life care was influenced by hospices knowledge and death anxiety in paramedic students. It is necessary to provide training in understanding attitudes towards death anxiety and end-of-life care. An effective educational program should be developed and implemented among paramedic students to improve their awareness of death and anxiety hospices knowledge.
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KEYWORD
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Anxiety, Death, Hospices care, Knowledge, Paramedic
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