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(Dis)Agreement with Dysthanasia, Religiosity and Spiritual Experience as Factors Related to Nurses’ Workload during End-of-Life Care

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  • Brankica Juranić

    (Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
    Department of Nursing and Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
    Clinic for Internal Diseases, University Hospital Centre Osijek, 31000 Osijek, Croatia)

  • Aleksandar Včev

    (Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
    Department of Nursing and Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
    Clinic for Internal Diseases, University Hospital Centre Osijek, 31000 Osijek, Croatia)

  • Suzana Vuletić

    (Catholic Faculty of Theology in Đakovo, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 31400 Đakovo, Croatia)

  • Željko Rakošec

    (The Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia)

  • Domagoj Roguljić

    (Department of Nursing and Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 31000 Osijek, Croatia)

  • Štefica Mikšić

    (Department of Nursing and Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 31000 Osijek, Croatia)

  • Jelena Jakab

    (Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
    Department of Nursing and Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 31000 Osijek, Croatia)

  • Jasenka Vujanić

    (Department of Nursing and Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 31000 Osijek, Croatia)

  • Robert Lovrić

    (Department of Nursing and Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 31000 Osijek, Croatia)

Abstract

This study intended to investigate whether the workload of nurses in the course of providing end-of-life care correlated with their religiousness, spiritual experience and level of agreement with dysthanasia procedures. The respondents included 279 nurses from four Croatian hospitals. A structured and validated instrument was applied. Almost 90% of respondents are religious, and almost 45% of them have daily spiritual experiences. Respondents, especially those with high levels of religiousness and spiritual experience, express a low level of agreement with dysthanasia (mean = 58.21; score = 25–125). Moreover, nurses self-rated (on a scale of 1–5) their workload as quite high, especially when performing contradictory tasks imposed on them by their superiors (mean = 3.05) and during direct contact with dying patients and their family members (mean = 2.56). This significantly highest level of workload was experienced by the youngest nurses ( p = 0.01) and nurses with little work experience ( p < 0.01). This study also indicated that nurses who agree with dysthanasia experienced a higher level of workload when providing end-of-life care (r = 0.178; p < 0.01), while more frequent spiritual experiences reduced the level of workload (r = −0.205; p < 0.01). A deeper understanding of nurses’ attitudes toward dysthanasia, as well as of their religiousness and spiritual experiences, may ensure the collection of data beneficial to the timely identification of potential risks caused by workload.

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  • Brankica Juranić & Aleksandar Včev & Suzana Vuletić & Željko Rakošec & Domagoj Roguljić & Štefica Mikšić & Jelena Jakab & Jasenka Vujanić & Robert Lovrić, 2023. "(Dis)Agreement with Dysthanasia, Religiosity and Spiritual Experience as Factors Related to Nurses’ Workload during End-of-Life Care," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(2), pages 1-17, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:2:p:955-:d:1025563
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