Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care

Korean Society for Hospice and Palliative Care (한국호스피스완화의료학회)
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Factors Influencing Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment in Tertiary General Hospital Workers -Knowledge and Attitude of Organ Donation and Transplantation, Awareness of Death, Knowledge and Perception of Hospice Palliative Care-

상급종합병원근무자의 연명치료중단에 미치는 영향요인 -장기기증·이식의 지식 및 태도, 죽음에 대한 인식, 호스피스완화의료에 대한 지식 및 인식-

  • Je, Nam Joo (Department of Nursing, Changshin University) ;
  • Hwa, Jeong Seok (Department of Urology, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, College of Medicine and Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University)
  • 제남주 (창신대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 화정석 (경상대학교 의과대학 경상대학교병원 비뇨의학과, 경상대학교 건강과학 연구원)
  • Received : 2018.07.17
  • Accepted : 2018.08.27
  • Published : 2018.09.01
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Abstract

Purpose: This descriptive study was conducted to examine factors that affect hospital workers in their decision to withdraw from life-sustaining treatment, such as knowledge, attitude, and perception of organ donation, transplantation, death and hospice palliative care. Methods: A questionnaire was completed by 228 workers of a tertiary general hospital, and data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation by using SPSS 21.0. Results: The subjects' knowledge of biomedical ethics awareness differed by age, education level, occupation, affiliated department, and biomedical ethics education. Their knowledge of brain death, organ donation and transplantation was positively correlated with attitudes toward tissue donation and transplantation, knowledge of hospice palliative care, and perception of hospice palliative care. Their attitudes toward tissue donation and transplantation were significantly correlated with knowledge of hospice palliative care, perception of hospice palliative care, and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. Their awareness of death was significantly correlated with knowledge of hospice palliative care, perception of hospice palliative care and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. The perception of hospice palliative care was significantly correlated with withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. Factors associated with their withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment were work at the hospice ward (32.5%), attitudes toward tissue donation and transplantation and perception of hospice palliative care. Conclusion: This study has shown that work at the hospice ward, attitudes toward tissue donation and transplantation and perception of hospice palliative care were related to attitudes toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. More research is needed to further develop various curriculums based on biomedical methods.

목적: 본 연구는 병원 근무자의 연명치료 중단에 영향을 미치는 장기기증, 장기이식, 죽음, 호스피스 완화의료의 지식, 태도 및 인식을 알아본 서술적 조사연구이다. 방법: K도 J시에 위치한 일개 상급종합병원에 근무하는 228명의 대학병원 근무자를 대상으로 자가 보고식 설문지를 이용하여 자료를 수집하였다. 자료는 SPSS WIN 21.0 프로그램으로 t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation coefficient를 이용하여 분석하였다. 결과: 대상자의 생명의료윤리 의식관련 지식은 연령, 학력, 직종, 근무부서, 생명의료윤리 교육유무에 따라 차이를 보였다. 뇌사 장기기증 장기이식에 대한 지식은 인체조직기증 및 이식에 대한 태도, 호스피스 완화의료에 대한 지식, 호스피스 완화의료의 인식에서 유의한 양의 상관관계가 있었다. 인체조직기증 및 이식에 관한 태도는 호스피스 완화의료에 대한 지식, 호스피스 완화의료의 인식, 연명치료 중단에서 유의한 상관관계가 있었고, 죽음에 대한 인식은 호스피스 완화의료에 대한 지식, 호스피스 완화의료의 인식, 연명치료 중단에서 유의한 상관관계가 있었다. 호스피스 완화의료의 인식은 연명치료 중단에서 유의한 상관관계가 있었다. 연명치료 중단 태도에 영향을 주는 요인은 호스피스 병동 근무와 인체조직기증 및 이식에 관한 태도, 호스피스 완화의료의 인식으로 연명치료 중단 태도를 32.5% 설명하였다. 결론: 연명치료 중단 태도에 호스피스 병동 근무와 인체조직기증 및 이식에 관한 태도, 호스피스 완화의료 인식이 관련이 있었으며, 생명의료윤리에 기반을 둔 다양한 교육과정의 개발 및 적용에 대한 연구가 필요함을 제언한다.

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