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Mind Yourself So You Can Mind Me; The Role of Parental Behaviour in Perinatal Death on the Surviving Sibling’s Grief OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Orla Jennings, Sara Leitao, Keelin O’Donoghue
Children’s grief, in perinatal loss, can be misunderstood and overlooked. Parental behaviour while mourning infant loss and parental ability to respond to their own grief has a crucial role in the child’s grief. This study aimed to explore parental behaviour as a determining factor in siblings’ grief following perinatal death. Six mothers and two fathers experiencing perinatal loss were interviewed
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To Plan or Not to Plan? Experiences and Challenges of Older Swiss Adults Facing End-of-Life Decisions OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Dolores Angela Castelli Dransart, Christian Maggiori, Daniel Burnier, François Geiser, Sylvie Lapierre
End-of-life (EoL) planning and the drafting of advance care directives (ACD) are challenging for older adults. As part of a mixed study, the content of 18 semi-structured interviews with Swiss community-dwelling older adults was analyzed to investigate contextual and interactional aspects that might influence their choice to complete ACD. Results show that EoL planning vary greatly. Three types of
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Validity and Reliability of the Palliative Care Knowledge Scale OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Aysun Yağci Şentürk, Atiye Kaş Özdemir
Tools to measure layout people’s knowledge about palliative care are very limited. This study aimed to examine the validity and reliability of the Palliative Care Knowledge Scale (PaCKS) in Turkish on layout people other than healthcare professionals. Perception of Health Scale (PHS) and European Health Literacy Survey (EHLS) scales were used to ensure concurrent validity of PaCKS. Cronbach’s alpha
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Attitudes of Jordanian Nurses Toward Caring for Dying Patients OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Sara Nour, Khawlah Ammar, Bushra Alhusamiah, Aladeen Alloubani
Hospital nurses are expected to care for dying patients. Such care provokes many undesired emotions and attitudes that affect the quality of care. This study aims to assess the attitudes of Jordanian nurses toward caring for dying patients in addition to examining the relationship between nurses’ attitudes toward caring for dying patients and their selected characteristics. A quantitative descriptive
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Drug-Death Related Bereavement and Social Support OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Monika Alvestad Reime, Maja O’ Connor, Sigurd William Hystad, Kari Dyregrov
The loss of a close one to drug-related death (DRD) has been characterized as a form of stigmatized bereavement, and research has shown that there is a high risk of bereavement complications. Social support can be a buffer against bereavement complications, but because of stigma, DRD bereaved persons access to social support can be challenged. Based on data from a Norwegian sample of DRD bereaved persons
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The Health Service Model for Promoting Good Death in Critically Ill End-of-Life Patients in the Emergency Department: A Qualitative Study OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Tidarat Sirivarawuth, Ketsarin Utriyaprasit, Ameporn Ratinthorn, Thitipong Tankumpuan, Chukiat Viwatwongkasem
Good death is one of the important outcomes of end-of-life care service delivery. The initial management of critically ill patients in the Emergency Department (ED) for promoting good death often challenging since it requires a focus on human dignity and equity at the end of life. A qualitative approach was used included eight bereaved family members who loss of their loved one in the ED and 25 emergency
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Robert Hertz, Anthropophagic Practices and Traditional South Fore Mortuary Rites in Papua New Guinea OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Jerome T. Whitfield, Wandagi H. Pako, Michael P. Alpers
In this paper we examine the traditional mortuary rites of the South Fore people of Papua New Guinea using Robert Hertz’s theory of secondary burial and the three mechanisms of mourning identified by Daniel Lagache. The ethnographic data that we obtained on South Fore interpretations of their own mortuary rites showed that all forms of corpse handling achieved the same end results through the process
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“Trying to Find North”: Fathers Voice the Nature of Their Bereavement OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Christine Denhup
Fathers’ lived experience of bereavement is not well understood. This article presents findings from a Heidegerrian phenomenological study, which aimed to describe fathers’ bereavement. Fathers’ bereavement is a life-long journey along which a father navigates through devastating and traumatic loss with great strength; has profound grief that mirrors the profound love he has for his child; chooses
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Coping Following Bereavement: Comparing European American and Japanese Emerging Adults OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Kiho Okumura, Sarah L. Feeney, Amy M. Claridge
Although bereavement is an experience emerging adults of every culture go through, there is limited cross-cultural research on coping following bereavement. Therefore, this study aimed to explore similarities and differences between European American and Japanese emerging adults regarding their experiences with coping strategies following a death, with consideration of cultural rituals related to bereavement
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Beyond Death: Exploring Cultural Perceptions in Cadaveric Organ Donation OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Hicran Karataş
Advancements in medicine introduced a relatively invented death into our lives: Brain Death. It intermingles with our perceptions of classical death due to knowing the heart is beating, the color of the skin is pink, and the body’s temperature is warm. Hence, accepting brain death as death might get complicated in terms of relatives of the brain-dead person. The interviews revealed that the reluctance
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The Effect of Death Anxiety on Work Passion: Moderating Roles of Work Centrality and Work Connection OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Saeed A. AL-Dossary, Cátia Sousa, Gabriela Gonçalves
Fear of death is an emotional manifestation of the instinct for self-preservation. Any threat to our existence induces an anxiety response. Death anxiety can trigger obsessive-compulsive behaviours, such as an obsessive passion for work. Using a sample of 314 participants (68.2% female), with a mean age of 38.97 years (SD = 10.36), this study sought to observe the predictive effect of death anxiety
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The Role of Animal Companions in the Bereavement Experiences of Australian Lesbians and Gay Men OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Damien W. Riggs, Lefteris Patlamazoglou, Janette G. Simmonds, Tristan Snell
All too often, humans who experience the death of a partner are directed towards other humans for support, ignoring the important role that animal companions play in the lives of many humans. For lesbians and gay men specifically – whose grief may be disenfranchised – animal companions may play a particularly important role. This paper reports on a secondary analysis of interviews with 10 Australian
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The Drivers of Suicides in Turkey: An Econometric Approach OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Alper Karasoy
This research examines the long-term drivers of suicides in Turkey, focusing on the effects of uncertainty and the Misery Index. In this regard, this study utilizes yearly data covering the 1980–2019 period. Additionally, it employs the augmented autoregressive distributed lag ( AARDL) approach to confirm the cointegrating relationships in the proposed models and estimate the long-term effects of selected
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Partners in Pain, Two Sides of a Zipper – Midwives’ Experiences With Stillbirth: A Qualitative Study OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Fadime Bayrı Bingöl, Zeynep Dilşah Karaçam Yılmaz, Seçil Topaloğlu
This study was conducted to explore and understand the experiences of midwives who care for women experiencing stillbirth and the challenges they face in this process. A qualitative study was conducted with 11 midwives using the phenomenological method. Descriptive analysis of the data revealed four main themes: 1) Silent screams in the face of despair (women’s reactions to stillbirth), 2) Being a
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Journey Towards a Meaningful Life: Adaptation and Resilience in the Lives of Young Hindu Widows OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Narendra Lamba, Khiamniungan T. Longkoi
Spousal death is a life-altering and traumatic life event in married life, compelling the surviving partner to transition and make substantial adjustments to their new life situation. Losing a spouse can affect individuals differently based on gender, impacting their psychological, social, and economic well-being. This article describes adaptation to a new life condition as widows strive to reconcile
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Bereavement Counsellors’ Experiences Supporting the Families of Deceased Children Within a German Bereavement Network– A Qualitative Interview Study OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Merle Betke, Stephanie Stiel, Sven Schwabe
Background: The “Bereavement Network Lower Saxony” (BNLS) provides professional bereavement support to families grieving for a child. The present study aimed at exploring the experiences of BNLS bereavement counsellors in providing bereavement support to affected families. Methods: 12 semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with bereavement counsellors of the BNLS between June and August
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White Tears: A Phenomenological Study of Perinatal Loss Perinatal Loss OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Aylin Pekyiğit, Dilek Yildiz, Ayşe Özge Deniz, Burcu Çalik Bağriyanik
Perinatal loss is a traumatic experience for parents. This research was conducted to evaluate the experiences and needs of parents after perinatal loss. An interpretative phenomenological study was carried out between January 2021 and July 2022 with 6 parental pairs (12 people in total, 6 mothers and 6 fathers) who experienced a perinatal loss. Participants were reached by snowball sampling method
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Exploring the Nature of Near-Death Experiences in Iranian Experiencers: A Case Study of the Participants in the Life after Life TV Series OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Somayeh Mohammad Sadeghipour, Abbasali Rostami Nasab, Hamid Reza Alavi, Morad Yari Dehnavi, Abbas Mowzoon
Near-death experiences (NDEs) are complex and challenging. The development of research on NDEs helps to understand and recognize this complex human phenomenon more effectively. The present study sought to explore the nature of NDEs in the lived experiences of Iranian who experienced near-death incidents (NDErs) using a qualitative phenomenological approach. The participants were 34 persons selected
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The Role of Perceived Social Support in the Grief Experiences of More Anxious and Self-Compassionate People OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Ecem Sarper, David L. Rodrigues
Past research showed that high trait anxiety and low self-compassion, along with lack of perceived social support, have been associated with experiencing stronger grief symptoms. However, research is yet to understand if and how these factors interact among grieving individuals. Results of a cross-sectional study ( N = 539) showed that perceived social support interacted differently with trait anxiety
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Death Anxiety is Associated With Less Health Behavior for Individuals Low in Action Orientation OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Holger Busch, Hanna Knudsen
Research has shown that death anxiety relates to less health behavior. The present study proposes that action orientation moderates this association. That is, it is hypothesized that death anxiety and health behavior relate negatively only in individuals low in action orientation. German adults ( N = 187; aged 19–86) provided self-reports on health behavior, action orientation, death anxiety, social
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Little Strokes Fell Big Oaks: How Repeated Recommendations for Suicide Reporting Drive the Quality of Suicide News in South Korea OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Youngkee Ju, Sebastian Scherr, Florian Arendt, Myoungsoon You, Michael Prieler
This study investigates how far repeated releases of recommendations for responsible reporting on suicide (RRS) are associated with changes in the quality of suicide reporting. A content analysis was conducted on suicide news articles ( N = 606) by the Korean newspapers Hankyoreh Sinmun and Chosun Ilbo in four six-month periods from 2004 to 2019, which covered the periods before and after the releases
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The Effect of Mindfulness on Death Escape Acceptance in Young People: Emotion Regulation as a Mediator OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Xin Ye, Yang Li, Qiuyue Zheng, Yang Liu, Shizhen Yan, Qiaoping Lian, Yicong Lin, Xiayan Chen, Liangliang Chen, Tao Liu
Few studies have examined young people’s attitudes toward death escape acceptance and its relationship to mindfulness. This study addressed this issue and examined the mediating role of emotion regulation. In Study 1, 61 undergraduate students aged 19–22 years participated in a mindfulness intervention program, and the results showed that increasing young people’s levels of mindfulness could improve
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Continuing Bonds in Marriage, Death and Divorce: Conceptual and Clinical Considerations in the Relationship to Self and Spouse OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Simon Shimshon Rubin, Alexander Manevich, Einat Yehene
The shift from the detachment model of mourning to the continuing bonds paradigm in bereavement placed relationships to the deceased alongside relationships to the living. This emphasis on the continuation of the connection to the other person after death paradoxically narrowed the gap between relationships in life and after death. We explore and expand the concept of continuing bonds as it is now
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A Two-Phase Qualitative Enquiry Into Storytelling’s Potential to Support Palliative Care Patient-Led Change, Using a Systematic Review Approach OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Amanda Roberts
A terminal diagnosis can diminish an individual’s sense of agency and identity. Leading change appears to restore a sense of agential self. The first phase of this literature review explores factors influencing patient-led change across the palliative care ecosystem. The second phase illuminates how storytelling can support palliative care patients in leading ecosystem-wide change. 35 studies were
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Factors Involved in Posttraumatic Growth in Mothers Experiencing Fetal and Infant Death OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Shannon Casey, Alan Schneider
Factors associated with posttraumatic growth (PTG) are investigated in mothers who have suffered fetal or infant death. Mothers ( N = 66) completed the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI; Tedeschi & Calhoun, 1996 ), the Core Beliefs Inventory (CBI; Cann et al., 2010 ), and answered questions about the severity of their loss, age of fetus or infant, time since loss, social support, finding meaning
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The Sound of Grief: A Critical Discussion on the Experience of Creating and Listening to the Digitally Reproduced Voice of the Deceived OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Silvia Francesca Maria Pizzoli, Laura Vergani, Dario Monzani, Ludovica Scotto, Clizia Cincidda, Gabriella Pravettoni
Technological tools allow for the reproduction and control of peculiar stimuli, such as the possibility of producing audio clips with the voices of deceased people. Artificial intelligence allows to create at-home vocal messages from an audioclip. Recently, some videos and documentaries depicting people interacting with artificial intelligence content related to the deceased have been released to the
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Beyond Silence: A Scoping Review of Provided Support for Grieving Children With Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Maria Bonin, Lilly Augustine, Qi Meng
Children with intellectual disabilities (ID) or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are considered unable to grieve or understand the concept of death and might not receive grief support after the death of a beloved person; hence, they are at risk of developing complicated grief. This scoping review identified existing grief support for children with ID or ASD. Searching seven databases yielded 514 records;
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Beyond the Surface: Teachers’ Perceptions and Experiences in Cases of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Among High School Students OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Zohar Elyoseph, Inbar Levkovich
Non-suicidal self-injury (NNSI) among adolescents is a significant concern. This study aimed to explore teachers’ perceptions and experiences in cases of NSSI among their students. This qualitative-phenomenological study used in-depth, semi-structured interviews conducted with 27 teachers from high-schools in Israel. Thematic analysis was used to identify patterns and themes. Theme 1 highlighted the
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“A Life Slips Through Our Fingers” Experiences of Nurses Working in Pediatric Intensive Care Units About Children’s Death: A Qualitative Study OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Musa Özsavran, Aylin Kurt, Tülay Kuzlu Ayyıldız, Zeynep Gül
Caring for a dying child can be an experience full of all kinds of negative emotions, pain and stress for the pediatric nurse. In this study, which was carried out in Turkey, we aimed to determine how nurses working in a pediatric intensive care unit remembered and made sense of their experiences regarding children’s deaths. In-depth interviews were held with 13 nurses. The data were analyzed using
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The Detection of Resilience in Families Grieving Over a Suicide. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Ana Gallardo-Flores,José-María Morán-Carrillo,Maximiliano García-Carmona
The study, conducted in 2021, describes the relationship between resilience development factors and dimensions and the grief processes of persons affected by the suicide of a family member. The objective was to analyze whether the loved ones of suicide victims had developed resilient behaviors and how these were manifested during the mourning process. To achieve this, two instruments were used: the
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The Meaning of Mental Imagery in Acute Suicidal Episodes: A Qualitative Exploration of Lived Experiences. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-11-25 Anna Maria Nilsson,Margda Waern,Anna Ehnvall,Ingela Skärsäter
Clinical assessment of suicidal ideation focuses on cognitions in the form of verbal thoughts. However, cognitions also take the shape of mental imagery. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the meaning of mental imagery in acute suicidal episodes (ASEs). Eight persons with severe previous ASEs participated in repeated in-depth interviews and in the semi-structured Suicidal Cognitions Interview
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Supporting the Bereaved in the COVID-19 Era: A Scoping Review of Interventions. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Heidi Mueller,Inge B Corless,Jessica G Bell,Ruthmarijke Smeding,Patricia Anewalt,Debbie Kerslake,Geok Ling Lee,Gerry Cox,Danai Papadatou,Alison Penny,Carl B Becker,Stephen R Connor
People whose family member(s) friend(s) have died from COVID-19 or other causes have been deeply affected by the physical and social restrictions imposed during the pandemic. These limitations have affected end-of-life care and support for the bereaved. The purpose of this review is to identify: the published studies of evaluated programs about interventions for people who have experienced bereavement
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"I Have Accepted My Father's Death; I was not Sad but Relieved." Adaptive Grief Responses for Bereaved Dementia Family Caregivers: A Scoping Review. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Mary Gemma O'Donnell,Zachary G Baker
This scoping review explores findings from the psychological and medical literature on the adaptive grieving experiences of bereaved dementia family caregivers and integrates what healthcare professionals can do to support bereaved dementia family caregivers transition into a post-death role. Bereaved dementia family caregivers are particularly susceptible to prolonged grief disorder post-death due
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Dehumanization Through Degendering the Death Row Inmate: A Systematic Review of the Research. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Corina Schulze
Purpose: To provide an overview of how gender identity is treated in death row research. Methods: By use of a systematic review of 56 peer-reviewed journal articles that were identified as empirical, employing either qualitative or quantitative data, concepts measuring the use of gender and race identity were developed. Results: Findings were presented by the methodology employed, area of research
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Navigating Loss Together: A Scoping Review of Couples Therapy Interventions for Perinatal Death. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Jennifer I S Kendrick,Emma Sterrett-Hong
The loss of a pregnancy at any stage can serve as an enormous stressor to a couple's relationship. However, empirically based interventions to reduce distress after perinatal loss have historically been aimed at the pregnant person, not the couple dyad. This excludes non-birthing individuals from receiving professional support and leads to a deficit in evidence-based therapeutic support for the couple
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Evolution of the English Language, Nonfiction, Near Death Experience Book Genre Over the Past Fifty Years. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Stephanie Bosco-Ruggiero
This study looks at the evolution of the nonfiction English language near death experience (NDE) book genre over the past 50 years. The key research aim was to identify subgenres of NDE books to better understand how the epistemology of NDEs has been shaped by the popular literature. The study employed a qualitative methodology and was both inductive and deductive. World Cat and Library of Congress
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The Level of Knowledge of Organ Transplantation and Attitudes Toward Organ Donation of Carers of Patients Receiving Hemodialysis. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Sümeyra Mihrap İlter,Derya Tülüce
Purpose: Renal transplantation is the most effective treatment method for chronic renal failure and helps improve the quality of life of patients and caregivers.In the present study, the purpose was to determine the knowledge level of the primary caregivers of patients receiving hemodialysis treatment about organ transplantation and their attitudes toward organ donation.Method: The study was conducted
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Effectiveness of the SHARE Model in Improving the Knowledge of, Attitudes Toward, Intention to Provide, and Initiation of Hospice Care Among Caregivers of Terminally ill Patients With the Eight Major Non-Cancer Diseases. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Wen-Shiou Pan,Hung-Ru Lin,Miao-Yen Chen
OBJECTIVES To investigate the effects of a care intervention on the knowledge of, attitudes toward, intention to provide, and initiation of hospice care among caregivers of terminally ill patients with the eight major non-cancer diseases. METHODS A two-group pre-post-test randomized intervention design was adopted. The intervention group received the SHARE model intervention. The SHARE intervention
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The End of Life Accompanied by COVID-19: A Qualitative Study on Changes in Behavior and Stigmatization of the Grieving Families in Peru (Part II). OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Jeel Moya-Salazar,Betsy Cañari,Nahomi Zuñiga,Alexis Jaime-Quispe,Hans Contreras-Pulache
The rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 has led to changes in every aspect of life and death. In Peru, where the longest quarantine has occurred with suboptimal results, the rituals have been turned around, impacting the relatives in multiple aspects. Here, we used a qualitative approach to analyze unresolved grief, hygiene changes, and stigma through semi-structured, online (Google Meet) interviews with 15
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Factors Affecting Death Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Open Heart Surgery: A Cross-Sectional Study. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Necibe Dağcan Şahin,Gülşah Gürol Arslan,Dilara Özbek
After the operation, death anxiety of patients is affected by many factors. This study aims to investigate the factors affecting death anxiety of patients undergoing open heart surgery. A descriptive, cross-sectional study. Data were collected using the 'Introductory Information Form,' the 'Templer's Death Anxiety Scale,' and the 'Spiritual Well-being Scale.' This study was conducted with 313 intensive
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Nurses' Perceptions Towards Resuscitated Patients: A Qualitative Study. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Mahnaz Zali,Azad Rahmani,Kelly Powers,Hadi Hassankhani,Hossein Namdar-Areshtanab,Neda Gilani,Abbas Dadashzadeh
Nurses' perceptions of resuscitated patients may affect their care, and this has not been investigated in previous literature. The aim of this study was to explore nurses' perceptions towards resuscitated patients. In this descriptive-qualitative study seventeen clinical nurses participated using purposive sampling. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted and data were analyzed by conventional
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Death Preparedness: Development and Initial Validation of the Advance Planning Preparedness Scale. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Renee McLeod-Sordjan
Delayed advance planning and costs of life sustaining treatments at end of life significantly contribute to the economic burden of healthcare. Clinician barriers include perceptions of inappropriate timing, lack of skills in end-of-life communication and viewing readiness as a behavior rather than a death attitude. This study developed and validated a measurement of psychological preparedness for advance
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Etiquette in the Context of Death and Dying: Communication and Conversation. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Jennifer Dayes,Joseph Keenan,Michal Sadza,Karina Croucher
Death, bereavement, and grief are experiences suffused with conflict and disenfranchisement. Intricately connected is 'etiquette' - the sense of 'should' 'must' 'right' 'wrong' 'appropriate' and 'inappropriate' individuals feel in death and bereavement situations. This paper is the first of two answering the question, 'where does etiquette arise in death and bereavement situations and what does this
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Non-Qualified Staff's Experience of Suicidal Behaviour in Adult Mental Health Inpatient Services. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Rebecca Shinton,Susan Ledwith
Suicide and attempted suicide of people receiving care in Adult Mental Health Inpatient Services (AMHIS) leads to significant emotions amongst mental health professionals, characterised by guilt and shame. A sense of responsibility occurs due to hospital being seen as a safe place. However, little is known about what it is like for 'non-qualified' staff. This study explored experiences of suicide and
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Sanctity of Life or God's Command? Investigating Religious Determinants of Attitudes Toward Three Cases of Unnatural Death: Capital Punishment, Abortion, and Euthanasia. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Soheil Sabriseilabi
Whether individuals may decide to end other people's or their own lives has always been a matter of ethical and social debate. The current research explores attitudes toward three cases of unnatural death: capital punishment, abortion, and euthanasia. One considerable factor that shapes individuals' attitudes toward human intervention in death is religion. This paper argues that religion causes significant
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Find Meaning and Help: The Lived Experiences and Support Needs of Iranian Muslim Husbands of Women Undergoing Mastectomy From Diagnosis to the End of Life. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Marzieh Beigom Bigdeli Shamloo,Aziz Shamsi,Nasrin Elahi
The husbands of women undergoing mastectomy have been introduced as the patient's primary caregivers. This research was conducted to investigate the lived experiences of Iranian Muslim husbands of women undergoing mastectomy. In this phenomenological research, 18 participants were interviewed, and Van Menan's method of interpretation was used to interpret the data. 8 themes were extracted from the
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The Reliability and Validity Study of Turkish Version of the Death Depression Scale-Revised Among Nurses. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-10-29 Ömer Ödek,Mümin Savas,Filiz Özkan,Handan Zincir
The study aimed to establish the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Death Depression Scale-Revised (DDS-R) with a sample of 284 nurses. Cronbach's coefficient for the whole scale was .909 and the sub-dimension values were calculated as .934, .798, .715, and .537. The test-retest reliability coefficient was found to be .880. The content validity index (CVI) of the scale was calculated
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Meaning of Life Therapy: A Pilot Study of a Novel Psycho-Existential Intervention for Palliative Care in Cancer. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Ana Rita Cardoso,Sónia Remondes-Costa,Elisa Veiga,Vera Almeida,José Rocha,Ricardo João Teixeira,Gerly Macedo,Manuela Leite
Intervention in Palliative Care aims to provide physical, psychosocial, and spiritual relief for patients and family members. Brief interventions with a psycho-existential approach have shown positive responses; however, cultural adaptations are needed. This pilot study aimed to develop the Meaning of Life Therapy (MLT), a novel psycho-existential intervention, rooted in the Dignity Therapy, Life Review
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Assessment of Obsessive Thoughts About COVID-19 in 7 Latin American Countries: Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Obsession With COVID-19 Scale. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez,Renzo Rivera-Calcina,Lindsey W Vilca,Carlos Carbajal-León,Pablo D Valencia,Daniel E Yupanqui-Lorenzo,Walter L Arias Gallegos,Mario Reyes-Bossio,Nicol Oré-Kovacs,Claudio Rojas-Jara,Miguel Gallegos,Roberto Polanco-Carrasco,Mauricio Cervigni,Pablo Martino,Marlon Elías Lobos-Rivera,Rodrigo Moreta-Herrera,Diego Alejandro Palacios Segura,Antonio Samaniego-Pinho,Andrés Buschiazzo Figares
The present study aimed to evaluate the measurement invariance of the Obsession with COVID-19 Scale (OCS) among seven Latin American countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Although the OCS has been used in several countries and languages, there is a need for approaches that better integrate the cross-cultural equivalence of the scale. A total of 3185 people
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Continuing Bonds in the Existential, Phenomenological, and Cultural Study of Grief: Prolegomena. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Dennis Klass
The essay makes the case that continuing bonds is a useful perspective for bereavement studies based in existential, phenomenological, and cultural philosophy. First, the idea of continuing bonds has explanatory power for many phenomena in individual and family grief and in the multiple interactions between individual/family grief and larger social/cultural dynamics. Second, in the study of continuing
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A Mother's Voice: The Construction of Maternal Identity Following Perinatal Loss. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Larissa Rossen,Jessica E Opie,Gypsy O'Dea
BACKGROUND Maternal identity, a mother's internalized view of self as mother, has not been studied in relation to perinatal loss. This study aimed to investigate how women construct a sense of maternal identity after the loss of a baby. METHODS We interviewed 10 mothers who had experienced perinatal loss. A Listening Guide framework for narrative analysis was used to identify patterns of giving voice
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Description and Impact of Encounters With Deceased Partners or Spouses. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-10-20 Jennifer K Penberthy,Noelle R St Germain-Sehr,Gwen Grams,Madeline Burns,David Lorimer,Callum E Cooper,Chris A Roe,Sophie Morrison,Evelyn Elsaesser
This study investigates perceived interactions with the deceased, a phenomenon reported across societies, with 30-34% of individuals likely experiencing at least one ADC in their lifetime. Despite this prevalence, studies examining the impact of ADCs' on those who have lost partners are limited. We present data from 70 individuals reporting partner ADCs via an online survey. Forty percent reported
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Moderator Effect of Transplant Waiting Time on the Relationship Between Hopelessness and Death Anxiety in Patients Waiting for Organ Transplant. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Yasemin Ceyhan,Dilek Soylu
The study aimed to examine the moderator effect of organ transplant waiting time on hopelessness and death anxiety. The study was conducted in a descriptive and correlational design with 378 patients on the transplant waiting list (Agust 2021- March 2022). Multiple linear regression and PROCESS macro-Model 1 were used in the analyses. In this study, the STROBE checklist was followed. According to the
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Innovation in Bereavement Care: Research Circles as a Framework for Translation of Research-Based Knowledge. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Birthe Møgster,Lillian Bruland Selseng,Monika Alvestad Reime
This article aims to contribute to the research-practice gap in bereavement care by exploring Research Circles as a collaborative approach to implementation of research-based knowledge into bereavement care. Particularly the article discusses key dimensions for translating research concerning bereaved after drug-related deaths into practice-relevant knowledge, as a first step of implementation. This
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Journeying Apart: Exploring Informal Caregiver Experiences and Unmet Closures in Caring for COVID-19 Deceased. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Anushka Kulkarni,Manasi Salave,Megha Deuskar
The current study investigates the experiences and expectations of informal caregivers who lost their loved ones to the COVID-19 virus. The unusual circumstances of the deaths including physical isolation from their loved ones during the final hours before death significantly impacted their grieving process. In this interpretative phenomenological study, caregivers' experiences are explored through
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Nurses' Caring Experiences for Dying Patients: A Meta-Synthesis Review. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-10-14 Mozhgan Rahnama,Abdolghani Abdollahimohammad,Elaheh Asadi-Bidmeshki,Hossein Shahdadi
Nurses play an important role in caring for dying patients. The ability to face a dying patient is a vital necessity and skill for nurses. Nurses' experiences in dealing with dying patients help to identify the factors affecting nursing care. Therefore, this meta-synthesis explains nurses caring experiences for dying patients. In this meta-synthesis review, English qualitative articles related to nurses'
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Turkish Validity and Reliability Study of "Intensive Care Nurses" Attitude Scale Toward Brain Death and Organ Transplantation. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-09-23 İrfan Özbek,Hesna Gürler
This study was carried out to analyze the validity and reliability of the Turkish adaptation of the "Intensive Care Nurses" Attitude Scale towards Brain Death and Organ Transplantation". The research was carried out as a methodological study and 256 nurses were included in the study. Language, content validity, explanatory and confirmatory factor analyzes were used to analyze data. Twenty-one point
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Recognizing the Death Motif in the Near-Death Experience. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-09-19 Robert A King
The typical near-death experience (NDE) is generally understood as an altered state of consciousness in which the experient has the impression of existing as an extrapersonal self out of and/or away from their physical body during real or presumed life-threatening and/or near-death circumstances. This presumed extrapersonal self can sometimes have a perception of being located within the proximity
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Stigmatized Bereavement: A Qualitative Study on the Impacts of Stigma for Those Bereaved by a Drug-Related Death. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (IF 2.602) Pub Date : 2023-09-19 Joshua H Stout,Benjamin Fleury-Steiner
Research has given limited attention to family and friends bereaved by a drug-overdose death. To examine the ways in which stigma may uniquely impact the grieving processes of the bereaved, a thematic analysis of 35 semistructured in-depth interviews with family members and adult peers who lost a loved one to an overdose was conducted. Our findings demonstrate that the bereaved experience stigmatization