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A Cross‐Cultural Analysis of Dignified Dying
Author(s) -
Doorenbos Ardith Z.,
Wilson Sarah A.,
Coenen Amy
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 1527-6546
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2006.00126.x
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , nursing , terminology , descriptive statistics , medicine , scale (ratio) , psychometrics , geography , clinical psychology , philosophy , linguistics , statistics , mathematics , cartography
Purpose: To describe the characteristics of dignified dying and other terminology nurses used to describe this phenomenon in Ethiopia, India, Kenya, and the United States (US).Design: A cross‐sectional descriptive survey with a convenience sample of nurses who cared for dying patients in Ethiopia (n=14), India (n=229), Kenya (n=36), and the US (n=281). Data were collected between 2002 and 2004.Methods: Nurses were recruited to complete the ICNP ® Dignified Dying survey, which consists of demographic information, 2 open‐ended questions, and 14 questions about characteristics of dignified dying.Findings: The 14 characteristics on the dignified dying scale reliably measured dignified dying, with a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of .91. All characteristics were rated as representative of dignified dying, with content validity scores ranging from .62 to .77. Factor analysis yielded a two‐factor solution, which accounted for 53% of the variance.Conclusions: Findings of this study contribute to the ongoing development of the International Classification of Nursing Practice (ICNP ® ) regarding the nursing phenomenon of dignified dying. The ICNP ® , a unified nursing language system, is used to promote and facilitate scholarly exchange among nurses across countries.