Critical Care Experience Shapes Respiratory Therapists’ Attitudes toward Death: A Survey Study

Ting Ling Lee, Jui O. Chen, Nan Wei Liu, Hui Chin Chen, Yi Ling Hsieh, Shih Feng Liu, Jui Fang Liu*, Hui Ling Lin*

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Respiratory therapists (RTs) frequently encounter death in their work with critically ill patients. Healthcare providers’ attitudes toward death significantly affect their approach to caring for dying patients; however, there is a lack of knowledge on RTs’ attitudes toward death. This study examines how the work environment and personal characteristics of RTs influence their attitudes toward death. Utilizing the Death Attitude Profile-Revised-Chinese questionnaire, a cross-sectional survey compared non-critical care RTs (non-CCRTs, N = 86) to critical care RTs (CCRTs, N = 85). Non-CCRTs displayed significantly lower scores in overall acceptance of death compared to CCRTs (p = 0.015) and a tendency to actively avoid thoughts about death (p = 0.005). CCRTs scored higher in “neutral acceptance” (p = 0.015), and non-CCRTs exhibited higher scores on items reflecting a negative attitude toward death. RTs with shorter professional tenures showed heightened fear of death and avoidance tendencies. Perception of life and death education correlated with higher “fear of death” and “death avoidance” scores (p = 0.001). The findings indicate that CCRTs demonstrate a more neutral acceptance of death. Additionally, experience, sex, mental health status, and life–death education exposure significantly influence RTs’ attitudes toward death.

原文英語
文章編號1533
頁數12
期刊Healthcare
12
發行號15
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出版狀態已出版 - 01 08 2024

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