Examination of the relationship between thanatophobia and resilience levels of nurses working in intensive care and palliative care units

BMC Nursing

Research

Gülay Yildirim¹  Buse Saygin şahin²  Funda Karaman²  Mahruk Rashidi²  Gülşah Ünsal jafarov²  Neşe Kiskaç² 

[1] Department of Nursing, Trakya University, Kesan Hakki Yoruk School of Health, Edirne, Turkey;Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Istanbul Gelisim University, Istanbul, Turkey;

关键词: Nurse;    Intensive care;    Palliative care;    Thanatophobia;    Psychological resilience;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12912-023-01405-7

 received in 2023-02-28, accepted in 2023-07-19,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundNurses in critical care and palliative care units care for patients suffering from severe pain and suffering and at high mortality risk. For this reason, nurses working in these units should be psychologically resilient. However, nurses who are constantly exposed to the death process face the risk of thanatophobia. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between thanatophobia levels and the psychological resilience of nurses working in intensive care and palliative care units.MethodsThe sample of this descriptive and cross-sectional study included 158 nurses working in intensive care and palliative care units. Personal information form for nurses, Thanatophobia Scale and Psychological Resilience Scale for Adults were used. Data were collected through an online questionnaire in the study. Percentage calculations, mean measurements, Kruskal Wallis test and Mann Whitney U test were used in the statistical evaluation of the data.ResultsThe mean of thanatophobia scale and psychological resilience scale was found 31.74 ± 10.08 and 108.34 ± 7.12, respectively. There was a statistically significant difference between the tanatophobia total scale score and age, receiving training on psychological resilience (p < 0.05). A statistically significant difference was found between perseption of self, family cohesion and perception of future and the status of receiving training on psychological resilience (p < 0.05). A statistically negative significant correlation was determined between the thanatophobia scale and the psychological resilience scale total scores.ConclusionsAs a result, it was determined that as the thanatophobia of the nurses increased, their psychological resilience decreased. This situation may negatively affect nurses working in critical departments to provide quality health care to patients. Establishing and maintaining training programs to reduce thanatophobia and increase psychological resilience of nurses working in intensive care and palliative care units will ensure that nurses provide quality health care to the patient and reduce the physiological and psychological wear of nurses.

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