Investigation of the Relationship between Personality Traits of Intensive Care Nurses and Their Attitudes and Behaviours towards End-of-life Care
Introduction: End-of-life care is often provided by nurses in intensive care units, and enhancing the quality of patient care largely depends on personality traits. Aim: The study aimed to investigate the associations between the attitudes and practices of intensive care nurses toward end-of-life ca...
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| description | Introduction: End-of-life care is often provided by nurses in intensive care units, and enhancing the quality of patient care largely depends on personality traits. Aim: The study aimed to investigate the associations between the attitudes and practices of intensive care nurses toward end-of-life care and their personality traits. Method: This cross-sectional study involved 201 intensive care nurses. The Ten-item Personality Inventory and the Attitudes and Behaviors Towards End-of-Life Care Scale were used. Regression analysis and the independent samples t-test were used to analyze the data. Results: The nurses' average age was 29.90 ± 4.64 years. The highest-scoring personality traits were extroverted and willing, sympathetic and warm, and reliable and self-disciplined. Age was significantly associated with agreeableness (p = 0.043). Emotional stability scores were lower for nurses in anesthesia and reanimation units compared to other units (p = 0.004). The duration of working in the intensive care unit was inversely connected with extraversion (p = 0.023). The mean overall score for attitudes and behaviors about end-of-life care was 56.29 ± 5.62. No significant correlation was found between personality traits and the Attitudes and Behaviors towards the End-of-Life Care Scale. Conclusion: Age, the type of intensive care unit, and years of experience were associated with certain personality traits among nurses. Yet, no statistically significant correlation was discovered between personality characteristics, beliefs, and practices around end-of-life care |
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| spelling | doaj-art-91b114186c6b4a66901b6e133b3878fd2025-02-05T09:11:40ZengUniversity of Health SciencesSağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Dergisi2667-83572024-12-016324324810.48071/sbuhemsirelik.14985791852Investigation of the Relationship between Personality Traits of Intensive Care Nurses and Their Attitudes and Behaviours towards End-of-life CareFırat Demir0https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6815-2488Cansu Polat Dünya1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3029-0446İlknur Özkan2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0826-5682Department of Biostatistics, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Medicine, Van TurkeyISTANBUL UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF NURSINGAKDENIZ UNIVERSITY, KUMLUCA FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCESIntroduction: End-of-life care is often provided by nurses in intensive care units, and enhancing the quality of patient care largely depends on personality traits. Aim: The study aimed to investigate the associations between the attitudes and practices of intensive care nurses toward end-of-life care and their personality traits. Method: This cross-sectional study involved 201 intensive care nurses. The Ten-item Personality Inventory and the Attitudes and Behaviors Towards End-of-Life Care Scale were used. Regression analysis and the independent samples t-test were used to analyze the data. Results: The nurses' average age was 29.90 ± 4.64 years. The highest-scoring personality traits were extroverted and willing, sympathetic and warm, and reliable and self-disciplined. Age was significantly associated with agreeableness (p = 0.043). Emotional stability scores were lower for nurses in anesthesia and reanimation units compared to other units (p = 0.004). The duration of working in the intensive care unit was inversely connected with extraversion (p = 0.023). The mean overall score for attitudes and behaviors about end-of-life care was 56.29 ± 5.62. No significant correlation was found between personality traits and the Attitudes and Behaviors towards the End-of-Life Care Scale. Conclusion: Age, the type of intensive care unit, and years of experience were associated with certain personality traits among nurses. Yet, no statistically significant correlation was discovered between personality characteristics, beliefs, and practices around end-of-life carehttps://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/3994193attitudebehaviornurseintensive carepersonalitydavranışhemşirekişiliktutumyoğun bakım |
| spellingShingle | Fırat Demir Cansu Polat Dünya İlknur Özkan Investigation of the Relationship between Personality Traits of Intensive Care Nurses and Their Attitudes and Behaviours towards End-of-life Care Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Dergisi attitude behavior nurse intensive care personality davranış hemşire kişilik tutum yoğun bakım |
| title | Investigation of the Relationship between Personality Traits of Intensive Care Nurses and Their Attitudes and Behaviours towards End-of-life Care |
| title_full | Investigation of the Relationship between Personality Traits of Intensive Care Nurses and Their Attitudes and Behaviours towards End-of-life Care |
| title_fullStr | Investigation of the Relationship between Personality Traits of Intensive Care Nurses and Their Attitudes and Behaviours towards End-of-life Care |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigation of the Relationship between Personality Traits of Intensive Care Nurses and Their Attitudes and Behaviours towards End-of-life Care |
| title_short | Investigation of the Relationship between Personality Traits of Intensive Care Nurses and Their Attitudes and Behaviours towards End-of-life Care |
| title_sort | investigation of the relationship between personality traits of intensive care nurses and their attitudes and behaviours towards end of life care |
| topic | attitude behavior nurse intensive care personality davranış hemşire kişilik tutum yoğun bakım |
| url | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/3994193 |
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