Does the Belgian law legalising euthanasia for minors really address the needs of life-limited children?
adolescent; Child; Humans; Terminally Ill; referral and consultation; Euthanasia; Health Services Needs and Demand; Belgium; Freedom
2014-06
Friedel M
International Journal Of Palliative Nursing
2014
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2014.20.6.265" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.12968/ijpn.2014.20.6.265</a>
The Neonatal Palliative Care Attitude Scale: Psychometric properties for Portuguese neonatal nurses
End-of-life; neonatal; nursing; newborn; Neonatal; reliability; validity; education; nurse; palliative; Palliative; of; human; article; female; male; face; software; therapy; scale; validation; error; care; attitude; clinical; controlled; intensive; major; study; unit; factor; alpha; analysis; coefficient; confirmatory; consistency; convergent; Cronbach; degree; discriminant; experiment; Factor; freedom; internal; mean; quantitative; root; squared; supportive; terminal; Validation
BACKGROUND: This study is aimed to perform the translation and cultural adaptation of the Neonatal Palliative Care Attitude Scale (NiPCAS) and evaluation of its psychometric properties with Portuguese neonatal nurses. METHOD(S): The research started with a scoping review that allowed the identification of the NiPCAS. It was a methodological study with a quantitative approach. The semantic equivalence of the items was adjusted with the participation of 20 neonatal nurse experts. They performed facial and quantitative content validation. Psychometric validation of the NiPCAS was performed on a nonprobability nurses sample (n = 283) in 13 level 3 neonatal units between July 2021 and February 2022. Confirmatory factor analysis using the polychoric correlation matrix was performed to estimate factor validity using the "lavaan" package for R statistical software. Internal consistency was estimated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient, and item sensitivity was assessed using the asymmetry and kurtosis coefficients. Empirical indices were considered: chi-square over degrees of freedom; comparative fit index; normed fit index; Tucker-Lewis index, and root mean square error of approximation; average extracted variance and composite reliability were used to assess convergent validity. RESULT(S): Asymmetry and kurtosis were < 3 and < 7 , respectively, suggesting psychometric sensitivity. The convergent validity of the factors was: F1, FCF1 = 0.90 and for F2, FCF2 = 0.80, and a lower value for F3, FCF3 = 0.40. According to the squared correlation criterion average variance extracted (AVE) between the factors, there was no discriminant validity for F1 and F2, but there was discriminant validity for F1, F3, F2, and F3. SIGNIFICANCE OF RESULTS: This instrument has implications for providing end-of-life care to newborns and their families. The use of this instrument reveals several barriers and facilitating elements inherent in the organization and culture of the facility and nursing education.
Sousa F P; Roldao MG; Rebotim AM; Figueira AR; Barbosa J; Fradique E; Santos Curado MA
Palliative and Supportive Care
2022
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951522000797">10.1017/S1478951522000797</a>
Towards clarification of convergent concepts: sense of coherence, will to meaning, locus of control, learned helplessness and hardiness
Humans; Self Concept; Attitude; Internal-External Control; Stress; Nursing; Psychological; Models; Health; Philosophy; Psychological/psychology; Helplessness; Learned; Freedom
The multidisciplinary field of stress and stress-related health outcomes has generated theoretical and practical knowledge which is of interest to nurses. Theoretical developments which have assumed a prominent role in the study of stress, health and coping include the identification of various 'stress buffers' several of which bear a strong conceptual resemblance to one another. Antonovsky has developed a Salutogenic Model of stress and resistance, which is presented in this paper. The model's central concept, the sense of coherence, is described and analysed. The sense of coherence, with its three components (meaningfulness, comprehensibility and manageability), is then compared and contrasted with similar concepts. The convergent theoretical notions which are distinguished from Antonovsky's coherence are: will to meaning, locus of control, learned helplessness and hardiness. It is hoped that this analysis will provide greater conceptual clarity for nurses who study and use these concepts in education, practice or research.
1993
Sullivan GC
Journal Of Advanced Nursing
1993
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18111772.x" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18111772.x</a>