Turkish Adaptation of the Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying Scale

Akbolat M., Ünal Ö., Karakaya B. G.

Omega (United States), vol.84, no.4, pp.1160-1174, 2022 (SSCI, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Nəşrin Növü: Article / Article
  • Cild: 84 Say: 4
  • Nəşr tarixi: 2022
  • Doi nömrəsi: 10.1177/0030222820930139
  • jurnalın adı: Omega (United States)
  • Jurnalın baxıldığı indekslər: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, ASSIA, IBZ Online, Periodicals Index Online, Abstracts in Social Gerontology, AgeLine, ATLA Religion Database, CINAHL, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Psycinfo, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts, Violence & Abuse Abstracts
  • Səhifə sayı: pp.1160-1174
  • Açar sözlər: attitude to death, attitudes of nurses, care of the dying patient, communication, death, dying patients, FATCOD, hospitals, near-death experiences
  • Açıq Arxiv Kolleksiyası: Məqalə
  • Adres: Bəli

Qısa məlumat

The aim of the research was to conduct the Turkish validity and reliability study of the Frommelt Attitude toward Care of the Dying Scale. The study used a cross-sectional research design. The sample of the study consists of 236 intensive care nurses. The data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0 and SPSS AMOS 22.0 programs. Descriptive statistical methods, reliability analysis, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used in the analysis of the data. According to the findings of the exploratory factor analysis, the scale was divided into six factors as in its original. According to results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed that the goodness of fit of the scale was acceptable level. Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of the Frommelt Attitude toward Care of the Dying and subdimensions were found to be between 0.606 and 0.800. These results showed that the Turkish form of scale was valid and reliable and it had the necessary conditions for using Turkish form.