{"title":"The Relationship Between Attitudes Towards Caring for Dying Patients and Self Compassion in ICU Nurses.","authors":"Neda Asadi, Najmeh Khatoon Shoaei, Fatemeh Salmani","doi":"10.1177/00302228231166537","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The study aims to investigate the relationship between ICU nurses' attitudes towards caring for dying patients and self compassion.This cross-sectional study (Aug-Oct 2022) was conducted with the volunteer participation of 219 ICU nurses in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Data were collected through the Socio-demographic Form, the Frommelt Attitude toward Care of Dying Scale (FATCOD), and the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS).The mean score of attitude of end-of-life care and self-compassion were 92.77 ± 21.5 and 47.83 ± 7.69 respectively. A statistically significant difference was found between nurses' education level and attitudes of end-of-life care (<i>p</i> < 0.001) and self-compassion. (<i>p</i> < 0.04) A significant difference was found between end of life care training experience and self-compassion (<i>p</i> < 0.03). A positive, statistically significant relationship was found between the attitudes of end-of-life care total score and self-compassion total score (<i>p</i> < 0.001). A significant relationship between the self-compassion and attitude toward caring for dying patients is an important finding for quality of care in ICU nurses.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1879-1889"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Omega","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228231166537","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2023/4/6 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The study aims to investigate the relationship between ICU nurses' attitudes towards caring for dying patients and self compassion.This cross-sectional study (Aug-Oct 2022) was conducted with the volunteer participation of 219 ICU nurses in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Data were collected through the Socio-demographic Form, the Frommelt Attitude toward Care of Dying Scale (FATCOD), and the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS).The mean score of attitude of end-of-life care and self-compassion were 92.77 ± 21.5 and 47.83 ± 7.69 respectively. A statistically significant difference was found between nurses' education level and attitudes of end-of-life care (p < 0.001) and self-compassion. (p < 0.04) A significant difference was found between end of life care training experience and self-compassion (p < 0.03). A positive, statistically significant relationship was found between the attitudes of end-of-life care total score and self-compassion total score (p < 0.001). A significant relationship between the self-compassion and attitude toward caring for dying patients is an important finding for quality of care in ICU nurses.