Thanatophobia in Medical Students: Approach to Death and Dying Patients Attitude Scale (ADDPAS) for Undergraduate Years in Medicine

KAVAS M. V., Oztuna D.

JOURNAL OF CANCER EDUCATION, sa.4, ss.774-781, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s13187-011-0197-z
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CANCER EDUCATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.774-781
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: End-of-life care, ADDPAS, Medical students, Thanatology, Death, Attitude, OF-LIFE CARE, EDUCATION
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In recent decades growing efforts in Western countries in integrating end-of-life care issues into undergraduate medical education have been conspicuous. However, studies in this field are limited in Turkey. We aimed, therefore, as a first step, to develop an attitude scale in order to obtain objective data regarding medical students' approaches to death and dying patients. After applying the scale on medical students and performing exploratory factor analysis, it was found out to be composed of a two-dimensional structure. Then the internal construct validity of these dimensions was subjected to Rasch analysis and the reliability of them was tested by internal consistency and person separation index. As a result of overall analyses, we suggest a new scale which is capable of making valid and reliable measurements.