Document Type : Original Article
Authors
- Mojtaba Senmar 1
- Mohammad Reza Mostafaei 2
- Ali Razaghpoor 1
- Fateme Yousefi 1
- Razie Alipour 3
- Hossein Rafiei 4
1 Student Research Committee, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
2 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
3 Student Research Committee, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
4 Department of Nursing, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Abstract
Background: Euthanasia and its related factors are addressed as an important ethical issue in end-of-life care nursing. It's an illegal issue in Iran. This study aimed to examine the attitude towards euthanasia in nursing students, and its relationship with their personal beliefs’ level.
Methods: The current cross-sectional study was conducted in Qazvin during the education year of 2017-2018. The samples of this study consisted of 121 nursing students who were studying at the Qazvin University of Medical Sciences for more than two semesters. The Euthanasia Attitude Scale and Palutzian and Ellison Spiritual Wellbeing Scale were used for the data collection.
Results: The response rate was 73.3% (121 of 165 nursing students). All of nursing students in the present study were Muslim. The mean overall scores of attitudes towards euthanasia and spiritual wellbeing were 60.24±9.82 and 75.73±7.48, respectively. No significant relationship was found between attitude towards euthanasia and personal beliefs among them (p=0.204).
Conclusion: Iranian nursing students reported a relatively neutral attitude towards euthanasia which is mainly related to its legal issue in Iran. Also, no significant relationship was observed between attitude towards euthanasia and personal beliefs among the participants. Further studies are needed in this regard.
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