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Modelling Determinants of Deaths Attributable to External Causes Among Adults in India OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2021-04-08 Apyayee Sil, Arpan Sil, Preeti Dhillon
The study aimed at finding the risk factors associated with adult mortality (15–59 years) due to external causes (accidents, suicide, poisoning, homicide, and violence). Using National Family Health Survey data-4 consisting of 1,756,867 sample, we applied a Robust Poisson Regression Model to determine the potential risk factors. Findings suggest that the highest proportion of deaths due to external
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Bereavement Support Services in a National Sample of Hospices: A Content Analysis OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2021-04-06 Todd D. Becker, John G. Cagle
Although the Medicare Hospice Benefit mandates that hospices offer bereavement support services to families for at least 1 year following the death of a patient, it does not stipulate which services they should offer. As a result, little is known about what bereavement support services hospices provide, especially on a national scale. The current study recruited a national sample of hospice representatives
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Psychological Consequences of the Delay in the Silent Mentor Programme During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives From Family Members of Silent Mentors OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2021-04-04 Li Ping Wong, Sik Loo Tan, Haridah Alias, Thiam Eng Sia, Aik Saw
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a hold on the Silent Mentor Programme (SMP); this pause has not only caused unprecedented challenges for the delivery of medical education but has forced changes in the programme ceremony sessions. We aimed to describe the psychological impact and experiences of family members of silent mentors during the COVID-19 pandemic using qualitative interviews. Many expressed feelings
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“Do Not Protect Us, Train Us.”—Swiss Healthcare Students’ Attitudes Toward Caring for Terminally Ill Patients OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2021-04-04 Typhaine Maïko Juvet, Marc-Antoine Bornet, Jean-François Desbiens, Diane Tapp, Pauline Roos
Positive attitudes and a sense of competence toward end-of-life care are the key to adequately support terminally ill patients. This qualitative study aims to explore healthcare students’ attitudes toward caring for terminally ill patients. Eleven students from the University of Applied Health Sciences in Switzerland participated in focus groups. Attitudes were overall positive. Most participants felt
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A Group Therapy Program for Parentally Bereaved Young Adults With Grief Complications: Rationale, Method and Case Examples OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2021-04-04 Lene Holm Larsen, Anitta Guldberg, Villy Kring
Considerable effort has gone into studying bereavement in children, adults and the elderly, but few studies have investigated the effects of bereavement or grief interventions in young adults. Even fewer studies have reported on the effect of interventions for young adults with grief complications. The present study seeks to help fill this gap by describing a Danish treatment program specially developed
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An Investigation of the Relationship Between Attitudes Towards Caring for Dying Patients and Compassion OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2021-03-20 Senay Karadag Arli
The study aims to investigate the relationship between nurses’ attitudes towards caring for dying patients and compassion levels. This cross-sectional study was conducted with the volunteer participation of 130 nurses working in various clinics in a hospital located in eastern Turkey between March and June 2019. Data were collected through the Socio-demographic Form, the Frommelt Attitude toward Care
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Psychological, Structural, Social and Economic Determinants of Suicide Attempt: Risk Assessment and Decision Making Strategies OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2021-03-18 Azam Farmani, Mojtaba Rahimianbougar, Yousef Mohammadi, Hossein Faramarzi, Siamak Khodarahimi, Sajeda Nahaboo
The aim of this research was to conduct a risk assessment and management of psychological, structural, social and economic determinants (PSSED) in a suicide attempt. The sample consisted of 353 individuals who had a recorded history of suicidal attempt; and 20 professional individuals by purposive sampling method within a descriptive cross-sectional design. Worksheets for RAM and AHP were used for
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Beyond Last Words: Patterns of Linguistic and Interactional Behavior in a Historical Sample of Dying Hospital Patients OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2021-03-15 Michael Erard
Patterns of linguistic and interactional behavior by people at the very end of their lives are not well described, partly because data is difficult to obtain. This paper analyzes descriptions of 486 deaths gathered from 1900 to 1904 in the first-ever clinical study of dying by noted Canadian physician, Sir William Osler. Only 16 patients were noted speaking, and only four canonical last words were
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The Role of Death Anxiety and Self-Esteem in Suicide Attitudes OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2021-03-10 Athena Kheibari, Julie Cerel
The persistent stigmatization of suicide calls for a careful examination of the thought processes involved in perceptions of suicide. Hence, the present study is the first to apply terror management theory (TMT) and use experimental methods to examine whether reminders of death lead to increased stigma towards suicide and whether self-esteem moderates these stigmatized reactions. Consistent with the
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Nursing Home Resident, Family, and Staff Perspectives on Hospital Transfers for End-of-Life Care OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Janet Sopcheck, Ruth M. Tappen
Residents who are terminally ill often experience transfers to the emergency department resulting in hospitalizations, which may be potentially avoidable with treatment in the nursing home. This qualitative study explored the perspectives of 15 residents, 10 family members, and 20 nursing home staff regarding end-of-life care and the circumstances prompting resident transfers. Data analysis of participant
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When young children grieve: Supporting daycare children following bereavement—A parent’s perspective OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2021-02-24 Martin Lytje, Atle Dyregrov
Thirteen parents who lost the mother or father to their child were interviewed, using semi-structured interviews. Participants reflect on their young children’s (3–6) grief, support needs, and what they learned from this trying time. The event scarred all participants. While some moved on, others were still struggling years after. The study uncovers difficulties associated with informing a young child
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Linkages of Multi-Dimensional Vulnerabilities with Infant and Child Mortality Rates in India and Its Specific Regions: Are Social Determinants of Health still Relevant? OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2021-02-24 Prem Shankar Mishra, Debashree Sinha, Pradeep Kumar, Shobhit Srivastava, T. S. Syamala
The present study investigated linkages between multiple socio-economic vulnerabilities with infant and child mortality in India and its specific regions. Data from the National Family Health Survey (2015–16) was used for calculating the key-outcome variables, namely infant mortality and child mortality. The effective sample size for the study was 259,627. Bivariate analysis and binary logistic regression
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The Relationship Between Authenticity and Death Anxiety in Cancer Patients OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2021-02-20 Faezeh Nazari, Zohreh Khoshnood, Parvin Mangolian Shahrbabaki
One of the many problems cancer patients experience is death anxiety. This descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the relationship between authenticity and death anxiety in cancer patients. The participants were 172 cancer patients who referred to medical centers in southeast Iran. The data were collected using authenticity inventory, and death and dying anxiety scale. There
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“I Don’t Know What to Say”: Teachers’ Perspectives on Supporting Bereaved Students After the Death of a Parent OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2021-02-14 Inbar Levkovich, Zohar Elyoseph
This qualitative study examined teachers’ experiences dealing with bereaved students following the death of a parent. The researchers conducted in-depth, semi-structured, face-to-face interviews with 25 teachers in Israeli schools who had counseled one of their students after the death of a parent. The interviews were recorded and transcribed and underwent content analysis. Analysis of the findings
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Surface and Latent Meanings in Male’s Suicide Notes: A Two-Legged Qualitative Study OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2021-02-11 Fazilet Canbolat, Faruk Gençöz
This study aims to investigate the phenomenon of suicide, which is a global health problem, by utilizing suicide notes. Our main concern in this article is to understand why a person leaves suicide notes before committing suicide; indeed, this question may shed light on particular personal characteristics of the note-leavers. 12 documents containing suicide notes, belonging to Turkish males, were obtained
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The Role of Socio-economic and Female Indicators on Child Mortality Rate in Bangladesh: A Time Series Analysis OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2021-02-10 Mohammad Mafizur Rahman, Khosrul Alam
This study aims to identify the role of socio-economic and female indicators on child mortality in Bangladesh from the data of 1975 – 2019. A number of econometric techniques of time series analysis like Augmented Dickey-Fuller, Autoregressive Distributive Lag bounds and pair-wise Granger causality tests have been applied to ascertain the desired outcomes. The Augmented Dickey-Fuller test has confirmed
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Effect of Perceived Dyspnea on Attitude Toward Death From the Perspective of COPD Patients OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2021-02-10 Semra Bülbüloğlu, Emine Kaplan Serin
In this study, it was aimed to examine attitudes toward dyspnea and death from the perspective of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients and to determine the relationship between them. This descriptive research was carried out in the chest diseases clinic of a public hospital and with the participation of COPD patients (n = 124). The data were obtained from the Personal Information Form
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Piloting an Interprofessional Narrative-Based Interactive Workshop for End-of-Life Conversations: Implications for Learning and Practice OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2021-02-08 Mollie Rose Canzona, Deborah Love, Rolland Barrett, Joanne Henley, Sara Bridges, Adam Koontz, Sharon Nelson
Background Based on the principles of Narrative Medicine, this study explored a narrative-based workshop for multi-level interdisciplinary clinicians who have EOL conversations. Methods Fifty-two clinicians participated in narrative-based interactive workshops. Participants engaged narrative in three forms: viewing narratives, writing/sharing narratives, and co-constructing narratives. Post workshop
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Personality and Grief-Related Panic Attacks: Analysis of Neuroticism, Worry, and Anxiety Sensitivity OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2021-02-07 Sherman A. Lee, Jamison S. Bottomley
Grief-related panic attacks (GRPAs) are a relatively common yet debilitating psychological reaction to loss, the mechanisms of which remain poorly understood among scholars. The purpose of this study was to identify the personality traits that underlie GRPAs in a sample of 314 bereaved adults. The results indicate that GRPAs were relatively common (55.4%) and that anxiety sensitivity uniquely predicted
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A Tale of Two Surveys: Life-Affirming Strategy of Mortuary Improves the Quality of Bereavement Care After Hospital Death OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2021-02-03 Tiffany W. S. Lau, Gavin S. W. Chan, H. Y. Yip, Jackie C. K. Poon, Gary K. F. Tsang, Winnie P. W. Yip, Amy Y. M. Chow, Philip S. L. Beh
Background The mortuary plays an important, under-recognized role in end-of-life care. A ‘Life-affirming strategy’ was introduced in the mortuary of a university hospital to enhance respect for the deceased and next-of-kin (NOK). Design: NOK who collected bodies in the mortuary of a university hospital participated in a survey. The satisfaction scores, needs and expectations were compared with a similar
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Brazilian Adaptation of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale: A Psychometric Investigation of a Measure of Coronaphobia OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2021-02-02 Fernando E. Padovan-Neto, Sherman A. Lee, Rayanne Poletti Guimarães, Lívea Dornela Godoy, Hugo Bononi Costa, Francisco Luiz Silva Zerbini, Sérgio S. Fukusima
This study examined the psychometric properties of a Brazilian adapted version of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS-BR) in a sample of adults in Brazil. Confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated that the CAS-BR produces a reliable (α = .84), unidimensional construct whose structure was shown to be invariant across gender, race, and age. However, some items of the CAS-BR were stronger indicators of
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Unexplored Costs of Bereavement Grief in Japan: Patterns of Increased Use of Medical, Pharmaceutical, and Financial Services OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2021-02-02 Carl B. Becker, Yozo Taniyama, Megumi Kondo-Arita, Noriko Sasaki, Shinya Yamada, Kayoko Yamamoto
Bereaved families may experience psychological and physical problems increasing their reliance on medical, pharmaceutical, and financial/legal services. Our Japan-wide survey (n = 1078) researched bereaved who showed increased reliance on medical, pharmaceutical, and financial/legal services. Increased use was most evident in the ‘50’s age bracket, and for unemployed widows; it corresponded less with
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Experiences of Maternity Healthcare Professionals Returning to Work Following a Personal Perinatal Loss: A Scoping Review of the Literature OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2021-01-28 Wimbayi Musodza, Athena Sheehan, Daniel Nicholls, Hannah Dahlen
Background In Australia, midwives care closely for women during pregnancy and birth and the immediate postnatal period. This scoping review aimed to explore the experiences of female maternity healthcare professionals when they return to work following a personal pregnancy loss or neonatal death. Methodology: A scoping review was carried out on published and unpublished research and grey literature
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Creation of a Living Will in Older Adulthood: Differences by Race and Ethnicity OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2021-01-27 Zainab Suntai
The purpose of this study was to examine racial differences in the creation of a living will among older adults, guided by the Andersen model of healthcare utilization. Data from the 2018 National Health and Aging Trends Study were used to examine differences between Black and Hispanic older adults compared to Whites. Weighted bivariate analysis and a weighted logistic regression model were used to
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Culture and Attitudes Towards Euthanasia: An Integrative Review OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-12-30 Anjana A. Karumathil, Ritu Tripathi
We examine and integrate last two decades of research on euthanasia from a cultural perspective. After an exhaustive search from Scopus and Web of Science, 40 studies matching our criteria are included in the review. We qualitatively summarize the literature country-wise and use text map of co-occurring terms in the titles, keywords, and abstracts of these articles to determine the similarities and
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Memories of a Death Threat: Negative Consequences of Unconscious Thoughts About a Terrorist Attack on Attitudes Towards Alcohol OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-12-29 Franziska Pradel, Sebastian Sattler
Based on the terror management health model (TMHM), we examined the impact of terrorist attacks as reminders of death on implicit alcohol-related attitudes, including the moderating role of conscious death-related thoughts and alcohol-based self-esteem (ABS). With an online experiment (N = 487), we analyzed how thoughts and memories about a recent terrorist attack unconsciously (with a delay task)
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“It Is Not Something You Can Easily Forget”: Ghanaian Parents’ Experiences of Child Loss OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-12-24 Grace Owusu Asare, Francis Annor, Joana Salifu Yendork
The loss of a child comes with trauma, which affects parents and the entire family. Yet, there is limited support for parents who lose their child and little empirical research has been devoted to the experiences of parents who lose a child in the Ghanaian context. Based on interviews with 20 participants purposively sampled from the Accra Metropolis, this study explored parents’ psychosocial experiences
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“Out of the Depths Have I Called Thee”: Jewish Israeli Undertakers’ Management of Death Anxiety OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-12-23 Michal Mahat-Shamir
According to Terror Management Theory, there are three common buffers that minimize the anxiety of mortality salience: affirmation of one’s cultural worldview, the self and one’s personal values, and one’s significance in the context of close personal relationships. The current study aimed to explore the manner by which Jewish Israeli undertakers manage their constant exposure to death and buffer against
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Nursing Home Staff Members’ Experiences With and Beliefs About Unusual End-of-Life Phenomena OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-12-17 Stephen Claxton-Oldfield, Natalie Richard
Twenty-two members of a nursing home took part in a study examining their experiences with and beliefs about unusual end-of-life phenomena (EOLP). Nearly all the staff members had witnessed and/or been told about residents holding on for someone to arrive or for a specific event to occur before dying (95% and 91%, respectively). Other commonly witnessed/reported EOLP included residents having sudden
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The Serious Suicide Attempts Approach for Understanding Suicide: Review of the Psychological Evidence OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-12-16 Yossi Levi-Belz, Yari Gvion, Alan Apter
The study of survivors of a serious suicide attempt (SSA)––an attempt that would have been fatal had it not been for the provision of rapid and effective emergency treatment––can help researchers understand the suicidal mind. Serious suicide attempters are epidemiologically very similar to those who died by suicide, and thus can serve as valid proxies for studying suicides. In this paper, our objective
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Predictive Factors of Depression Among Relatives of Brain-Dead Persons: A Descriptive Correlational Study OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-12-15 Kourosh Amini, Mahnaz Rahmani, Masoumeh Asgari, Ramazan Fallah
This study aimed to determine the predictive factors of depression among relatives of person deceased by brain death. In this study, 106 first-degree relatives of people who died of due to brain death were studied. Of the study units, 72.64% had levels of depression (severe, moderate, and mild). Among the dependent variables concerning deceased person, age and gender of the deceased were significantly
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Memorable, Meaningful, Pleasurable: An Exploratory Examination of Narrative Character Deaths OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-12-13 Kaitlin Fitzgerald, C. Joseph Francemone, Matthew Grizzard
The current manuscript presents a study that examines contextual factors that can explain two distinct types of viewer responses to death in narratives. Using procedures developed in past research, we explore why some narrative character deaths elicit poignant, eudaimonic responses while others elicit joyful, hedonic responses. We incorporate a control group to examine whether freely-recalled memorable
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Patients’ Dying Process From the Point of View of Family and Hospice Team: A Qualitative Exploration of Family Member and Hospice Team Experiences With Hospice in Korea OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-12-07 Sooyoun K. Han, Yugyeong Eo
The aims of this study is to analyze the experiences of family members and hospice teams regarding hospice care in Korea where culture and institution for well-dying is in the early stage. The study was conducted through in-depth interviews based on the grounded theory method. The participants were 12 individuals, 5 family members and 7 individuals from the hospice team. 133 concepts, 34 subcategories
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Inventory of Youth Adaptation to Loss (IYAL): Psychometric Testing of a New Instrument for Bereaved Youth to Assess Social Support and Coping OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-12-06 Jennifer Kaplan, Rebecca Block, Ann Gillard, Michelle Putnam
The Inventory of Youth Adaptation to Loss (IYAL) was developed to understand the feelings and social supports experienced by bereaved youth to develop an evidence-base for bereavement interventions. The sample included 400 youth ages 9–17, permitting robust psychometric testing of the IYAL. To evaluate the reliability of the IYAL, the sample framework was national in scope, encompassed a range of different
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The Holistic Grief Effects of Bereaved Black Female College Students OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-12-02 Mary Alice Varga, Tashel C. Bordere, Matthew D. Varga
This study examined the holistic grief effects of Black female college students. A total of 105 participants from two universities, who identified as Black or African American females, completed a questionnaire regarding death losses and grief effects they experienced. Descriptive statistics and ANOVAs examined between-group differences based on loss experiences. Linear regressions predicted the grief
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What Exactly Is “Complicated” Grief? A Scoping Research Literature Review to Understand Its Risk Factors and Prevalence OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-12-01 Donna M. Wilson, Elizabeth M. Darko, Elizabeth Kusi-Appiah, Sophia J. Roh, Arnel Ramic, Begoña Errasti-Ibarrondo
Most people will experience bereavement grief, but some suffer from persistent or prolonged (PoP) grief, grief that used to be identified as “complicated” before recent DSM-5 and ICD-11 definitional developments. In 2020, a scoping literature review was undertaken to identify and consolidate contemporary evidence from research articles published in 2018 or 2019 in paper-based and open access peer-review
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In Dialogue: How Writing to the Dead and the Living Can Increase Self-Awareness in Those Bereaved by Addiction OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-11-30 Christina Thatcher
This article examines how writing can increase the self-awareness of a socially isolated and often stigmatized population: those bereaved by addiction. Writing about a traumatic event has been shown to increase self-awareness which can improve health and regulate negative behaviors. Using narrative analysis on the writing of individuals bereaved by addiction, this study found that participants were
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Reminiscence in the Face of Death of a Filipino Elderly With Substance Use Disorder: The Case of Burt OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-11-25 Sixtus Dane A. Ramos
Death is an important reality that the elderly face. In preparation for death, old people engage in reminiscence. However, the presence of addiction in the elderly may influence this process. The current study examined the life of Burt, a sixty-five year old man with substance use disorder, his reflections on death, and the different types of reminiscence he uses. Using a case study, six themes were
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Bereavement Outcomes for Atheist Individuals: The Role of Spirituality, Discrimination, and Meaning OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-11-11 Jacob S. Sawyer
The present study applied several concepts typically included in thanatology research to an atheist sample. Atheists are a growing segment of the population in the United States, though little is known about this group. A sample of 355 adults who self-identify as atheist completed an online survey assessing forms of spirituality, anti-atheist discrimination, and meaning reconstruction in order to examine
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Emotional Responses of Neonatal Intensive Care Nurses to Neonatal Death OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-11-08 Berna Köktürk Dalcalı, Şeyda Can, Hanife Durgun
The study was planned as a descriptive qualitative study to determine the emotional responses of neonatal intensive care nurses to work in the neonatal unit and to neonatal deaths. The sample of the study consisted of 7 nurses who work at the neonatal intensive care unit since data saturation was achieved. The data were collected using the “Semi-Structured In-Depth Interview Guide for Nurses”. The
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Jordanian Student Nurses’ Attitudes towards the Care of Dying Patients OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-10-28 Mohammad Al Qadire
The purpose of the current inquiry is to measure Jordanian student nurses’ attitudes towards the care of dying patients using a cross-sectional survey. The sample of this study comprises 300 nursing students. Data was collected using the Frommelt’s Attitude Toward Care of the Dying Form B (FATCOD–B). Most of the students were female (72%) in their second year (40.3%). The mean total score of all FATCD-B
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“Dude I’ve Never Felt This Way Towards a Celebrity Death”: Parasocial Grieving and the Collective Mourning of Kobe Bryant on Reddit OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-10-28 James Bingaman
Although research acknowledges the existence of parasocial relationships, if these relationships are possible then, inevitably, these relationships will dissolve. The emotions associated with parasocial breakups, especially that of grieving, are vital to understanding the totality of relationships between spectators and sports figures. After the devastating death of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, a content
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“… I Really Prepared to Take My Life …”: Dynamics, Instruments and Suicidal Thoughts Among Nigerian University Students Following Social Media Reported Suicides OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-10-27 Joseph Ogbonnaya Alo Ekpechu
This study examined the different dimensions and instruments used in committing suicide and how it gave rise to suicidal thoughts among Nigerian university students who had witnessed these suicide cases posted in social media platforms. Convenience sample of 30 students who had witnessed social media reported suicides were studied using focus group discussion. It was found that suicide a single person
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Age Changes and Suicidal Activity in Iran Over the Past Decade: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-10-26 Hamid Sharif Nia, Mohammad Heidari, Navaz Naghavi, Rebecca H. Lehto, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Azar Jafari-Koulaee, Yasaman Hatef Matbue, Ameneh Yaghoobzadeh, Amir Hossein Goudarzian, Saeed Pahlevan Sharif
This review study fills an important gap by aiming to determine the age changes in attempted and completed suicide in Iran during the past decade. A systematic review of related articles in international and Iranian databases from January 2008 to January 2020 was first conducted and relevant studies were extracted based on established criteria. Results showed that the mean age of suicide in Iran is
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Depressive Symptoms and Suicidality of Those Raised in Kincare: A Peer Comparison Study OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-10-25 Danielle K. Nadorff, Rachel K. Scott, Theresa M. Fitchie
The rate at which children are raised in kincare has steadily been on the rise. Prior research indicates that this group of individuals are at an increased risk of mental health problems. The current study examined the suicidality and depressive symptoms of adults who were raised in kincare compared to those raised by their parents. There were a total of 1,486 participants, 171 of whom were adults
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Nurses’ Opinions on Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-10-23 Şenay Gül, Gülcan Bağcivan, Miray Aksu
The aim of this study was to determine nurses’ opinions on Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders. This is a descriptive study. A total of 1250 nurses participated in this study. The mean age of participants was 34.5 ± 7.7 years; 92.6% were women; 56.4% had bachelor’s degrees, and 28.8% were intensive care, oncology, or palliative care nurses. Most participants (94.3%) agreed that healthcare professionals
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End-of-Life-Related Factors Associated with Posttraumatic Stress and Prolonged Grief in Parentally Bereaved Adolescents OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-10-07 Megan Weber Falk, Anette Alvariza, Ulrika Kreicbergs, Josefin Sveen
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and prolonged grief disorder (PGD) are well-documented in parentally bereaved adolescents. Whether or not the parent's death is perceived as traumatic may be influenced by several end-of-life-related factors. This study aimed to examine the associations between end-of-life-related factors, symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), symptoms of prolonged grief
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A Reconceptualization of Suicide and Social Workers’ Duty to Report OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-10-07 Shaila Kumbhare
This paper examines how history and psychiatry have shaped social work approaches to suicide prevention. Current social work intervention strategies rely on the following four positivist assumptions: (1) suicide is the result of mental illness, (2) suicidal individuals are irrational, (3) social workers have more knowledge about suicide than their clients, and (4) that preserving life is the least
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Nurses’ Communication With the Families of Patients at the End-of-Life OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-09-30 Reza Norouzadeh, Monireh Anoosheh, Fazlollah Ahmadi
BACKGROUND Effective communication is important in providing quality care to families at the end-of-life. In the end-of-life situations, the nurses' views on how to communicate with the family are not well understood. AIM This study was conducted to explore the nurses' experiences of their communication with families of patients at the end-of-life situations. METHODS The authors used standards for
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Meaning-Making of War Experiences: Stories From Kosova OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-09-30 Kaltrina Kelmendi, Ilirjana Mulaj, Malisa Zymberi, Saranda Kadiri
The research evidence shows that war had many detrimental effects on the mental health, wellbeing, and social functioning of the people of Kosova, which is similar to the findings in many other postconflict societies. However, there are few studies focusing on the process of meaning-making of war experiences and their impacts on resilience and growth. This phenomenological study aimed to explore the
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Analysis of the Characteristics of a Team Working in Conditions of Exposure (Hospice Environment) OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-09-28 Elżbieta Trylińska-Tekielska
BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to examine the functioning of the team, working in conditions of exposure and finding reasons for which a specific group takes actions in conditions of life threatening others or own. The population being studied is a hospice team (N = 229). METHODS Logistic regression analysis and multidimensional correspondence analysis were used in the research. RESULTS The level
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I Am This Widow: Social Support in Friendship After the Loss of a Spouse in Mid-Life OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-09-26 Dena M. Huisman, Allison Lemke
This paper elaborates on relational processes of social support after widowhood in mid-life. It extends knowledge in effective support by examining themes of friendship communication between widows and their friends rather than widows' individual perceptions, and co-construction of support communication. Findings indicate that when social support is constructed between individuals with a focus on the
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Does Post-Traumatic Growth Follow Parental Death in Adulthood? An Empirical Investigation OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-09-24 Komal Qasim, Jerome Carson
This study looked at the loss of a parent in adulthood and whether this was followed by post-traumatic growth? Participants, 100 bereaved adults, from Pakistan and England, lost parents in the last 10 years. They completed three questionnaires. The study hypotheses were, first, that participants whose bereavement occurred more than five years ago would show significantly higher levels of post-traumatic
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Gauging Class and Caste differences in Mortality: The Indian Experience OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-09-23 Udaya S Mishra, Rinju , Basant Kumar Panda
This study is an exposition of class-caste based differences in mortality experience based on an indicator called household prevalence of death. It involves 75,432 death cases collected in National...
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Relationship Between the Needs of Turkish Relatives of Patients Admitted to an Intensive Care Unit and Their Coping Styles OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-09-22 Hanife Ozcelik, Nilgun Erdogan
Admission to an intensive care unit is a traumatic event for many patients' relatives. Also, the relatives may be subject to many requirements to during this process. Therefore, it is very important to determine their requirements and coping styles. This study used a descriptive, relational design. The sample of the research consisted of 247 relatives of patients staying in six intensive care units
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Old and Depressed? What We Think About Ending Their Suffering—Attitudes Toward Euthanasia for Elderly Suffering From Physical Versus Mental Illness OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-09-22 Shir Moshe, Avital Gershfeld-Litvin
This study aims to extend our knowledge regarding attitudes toward euthanasia. Specifically, the effect of patient's age and illness type. 123 participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 groups completed the Assessing Right to Die Attitudes (ARDA) questionnaire after reading a patients age (79 vs. 29 year old) and illness type (cancer vs. depression) description. Findings revealed more positive attitudes
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Experiences of a Group of Senior Nursing Students with End of Life Care and Death in Turkey OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-09-21 Deniz Sanli, Fatma Iltus
Nursing students may feel unprepared to manage the care of dying individuals and may experience anxiety and fear related to death and dying. Preparing nursing students for this situation can help them provide quality care to dying patients. This study aimed to examine the end-of-life care values and behaviors and death attitudes of senior nursing students. In examining these variables, the Values and
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Reasons for Living Inventory for Young Adults: Psychometric Properties Among Portuguese Sample OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-09-16 Ana Rita Salvé-Rainha Madeira, Luís de Brito Janeiro, Cláudia Isabel Guerreiro Carmo, Marta Sofia Ventosa Brás
A main protective factor against suicide in young adults is their reasons for living; therefore, suicide risk screening should consider these reasons. However, few psychometric instruments assess reasons for living, and none have been adapted for young adults in Portugal. Thus, we assess the psychometric characteristics of the Reasons for Living Inventory for Young Adults-II (RFL-YA-II) in participants
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The Existential Dimension of Palliative Care: The Mirror Effect of Death on Life OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-09-16 Frédérique Drillaud, Camille Saussac, Florence Keusch, Danièle Lafaye, Hélène Bely, Véronique Averous, Matthieu Frasca, Patrick Baudry, Benoît Burucoa
The WHO has included the spiritual dimension in its definition of palliative care since 1990, but this dimension is frequently confused with notions of religion. Yet, the spiritual suffering experienced by palliative care patients is primarily a matter of existential suffering. The objective of this study was to examine the ways in which the existential dimension was manifested in the experiences of
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The Relationship Between Death and Do Not Resuscitation Attitudes Among Intensive Care Nurses OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 1.347) Pub Date : 2020-09-16 Farzaneh Safari Malak-Kolaei, Akram Sanagoo, Bagher Pahlavanzadeh, Forouzan Akrami, Leila Jouybari, Reza Jahanshahi
This study aimed to determine the relationship between death and DNR attitudes among ICNs. This descriptive-analytical study was performed on 156 ICNs in 2018. All nurses were enrolled in the study; data collection instruments included Death Attitude Profile-Revised (DAP-R) and the DNR attitude questionnaires. The mean scores of DAP-R and DNR items were 150.89/ ± 23.59 and 91.82 ± 11.41, respectively
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