Fear of dying and death among nursing students
Objective: to analyze the fear of the dying process and death among nursing students. Methods: this is an observational, cross-sectional study with a sample of 277 nursing students from the three campuses of a public university, who responded to the Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale. The Kruskal-Wa...
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| author | Gabriela de Almeida Mestre Ana Carolaine de Souza Batista Júlia de Souza Soares da Silva Flávia Emília Cavalcante Valença Fernandes Wilson Cañon-Montañez Adriana Elena Hernández-Gamboa Rudval Souza da Silva |
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| description | Objective: to analyze the fear of the dying process and death among nursing students. Methods: this is an observational, cross-sectional study with a sample of 277 nursing students from the three campuses of a public university, who responded to the Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale. The Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests were performed. Results: the variables: dying, the death of others and others dying had higher results than the pre-established cut-off point, and the results show that the fear of death varies significantly among nursing students. Conclusion: it was confirmed that fear of the dying process and death varies significantly among nursing students, being influenced by demographic factors and personal experiences such as gender, religion, having or not having children, and the experience of losing a loved one, as well as the current academic semester. Contributions to practice: these findings indicate the importance of literacy in Thanatology in nursing training. Future professionals will face biopsychosocial-spiritual demands inherent to the dying process and death, and constitutes a personal and professional challenge in nursing and healthcare. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c8af959de0514282aa4af023586c8b522025-01-10T18:58:18ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene2175-67832025-01-0126e9428110.15253/2175-6783.20252694281Fear of dying and death among nursing studentsGabriela de Almeida Mestre0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7099-8855Ana Carolaine de Souza Batista 1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4444-7731Júlia de Souza Soares da Silva2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1840-7998 Flávia Emília Cavalcante Valença Fernandes3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2840-8561Wilson Cañon-Montañez4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0729-5342Adriana Elena Hernández-Gamboa5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7776-9972Rudval Souza da Silva6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7991-8804Universidade do Estado da BahiaUniversidade do Estado da BahiaUniversidade do Estado da BahiaUniversidade de PernambucoUniversidade de Antióquia. ColômbiaUniversidad Cooperativa de Colômbia. ColômbiaUniversidade do Estado da BahiaObjective: to analyze the fear of the dying process and death among nursing students. Methods: this is an observational, cross-sectional study with a sample of 277 nursing students from the three campuses of a public university, who responded to the Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale. The Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests were performed. Results: the variables: dying, the death of others and others dying had higher results than the pre-established cut-off point, and the results show that the fear of death varies significantly among nursing students. Conclusion: it was confirmed that fear of the dying process and death varies significantly among nursing students, being influenced by demographic factors and personal experiences such as gender, religion, having or not having children, and the experience of losing a loved one, as well as the current academic semester. Contributions to practice: these findings indicate the importance of literacy in Thanatology in nursing training. Future professionals will face biopsychosocial-spiritual demands inherent to the dying process and death, and constitutes a personal and professional challenge in nursing and healthcare.http://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/94281fear; death; studentsnursing; thanatology. |
| spellingShingle | Gabriela de Almeida Mestre Ana Carolaine de Souza Batista Júlia de Souza Soares da Silva Flávia Emília Cavalcante Valença Fernandes Wilson Cañon-Montañez Adriana Elena Hernández-Gamboa Rudval Souza da Silva Fear of dying and death among nursing students Rev Rene fear; death; students nursing; thanatology. |
| title | Fear of dying and death among nursing students |
| title_full | Fear of dying and death among nursing students |
| title_fullStr | Fear of dying and death among nursing students |
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| title_short | Fear of dying and death among nursing students |
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| topic | fear; death; students nursing; thanatology. |
| url | http://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/94281 |
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