Korean J Rehabil Nurs.  2023 Jun;26(1):49-56. 10.7587/kjrehn.2023.49.

Influencing Factors of Death Perception and Self-efficacy on Meaning in Life in Nurses who Experienced End of Life Care

• Hong HJ
• Choi SH
• Shin BS

• KMID: 2544483
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.7587/kjrehn.2023.49

Abstract

Purpose
This descriptive study was conducted to investigate the factors that influence meaning in life in nurses who experienced end of life care.
Methods
This study collected data from March 20 to April 30, in 2023, using questionnaires from a sample of 98 nurse. Data were analyzed using Frequencies, Means, Independent t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, and Multiple regression analysis with SPSS 22.0.
Results
Meaning in life had statistically significant correlation with self-efficacy and these factors explained 36.0%. In part of death awareness, ‘the denial of death’ was the highest, and in the meaning of life, ‘love experience’ was the highest.
Conclusion
It was confirmed that nurses’ self-efficacy is a important variable that affects the meaning of life. The study's findings suggest that interventions that can improve nurses’ self-efficacy and death perception may help to improve their sense of meaning in life. This is important because a strong sense of meaning in life can help nurses to cope with the stress and challenges of end-of-life care.

Keyword

Death perception; Self-efficacy; Meaning in life; End of life care