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Erschienen in: Supportive Care in Cancer 6/2009

01.06.2009 | Original Article

What do laypersons consider as a good death

verfasst von: Kai-Kuen Leung, Wen-Jing Liu, Shao-Yi Cheng, Tai-Yuan Chiu, Ching-Yu Chen

Erschienen in: Supportive Care in Cancer | Ausgabe 6/2009

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Abstract

Goals

This study was designed to understand laypersons’ attitude of good death.

Materials and methods

A 53-item Good-Death Questionnaire (GDQ) was generated by applying “good-death principles” and past research on good death in Chinese people.

Main results

A total of 184 adults completed the questionnaire. The Cronbach’s alpha for the GDQ was 0.96. Factor analysis produced five factors: autonomy and choice, wish fulfillment, death preparation, spiritual support and afterlife, and symptom control. Elderly people had higher scores in “autonomy” than people aged ≤40 (52.71 ± 5.94 vs. 56.71 ± 3.82, P = 0.012). Chaplains had higher scores in “death preparation” than volunteers (76.09 ± 4.44 vs. 70.46 ± 6.49, P = 0.011) and higher scores in “spiritual support” than volunteer and farmers–workers–businessmen (32.97 ± 2.49 vs. 28.08 ± 5.06 and 29.69 ± 5.05, P = 0.002). People with Buddhist religious belief had higher scores in “spiritual support” than people without religious belief (31.10 ± 3.99 vs. 25.73 ± 3.13; P < 0.001). Religious devotion was positively related to “death preparation” and “spiritual support.” People who had witnessed death had lower scores of “autonomy and choice” than the inexperienced (55.41 ± 4.81 vs. 57.06 ± 3.85; P = 0.032).

Conclusions

Our results identified some major characteristics of good-death attitude among laypersons. Religious devotion has a positive impact on the attitude of good death.
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Metadaten
Titel
What do laypersons consider as a good death
verfasst von
Kai-Kuen Leung
Wen-Jing Liu
Shao-Yi Cheng
Tai-Yuan Chiu
Ching-Yu Chen
Publikationsdatum
01.06.2009
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
Supportive Care in Cancer / Ausgabe 6/2009
Print ISSN: 0941-4355
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-7339
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-008-0530-1

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