A comparative study on the concept of death of health and non-health professionals in De La Salle Health Science Campus and De La Salle Medical Center, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Date of Completion

2004

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Keywords

Attitude to Death

Abstract

The study utilized a descriptive, non-experimental method. The respondents were composed of 50 health professionals and 50 non-health professionals working at De La Salle Medical Center and Health Sciences Campus selected through purposive sampling technique. The study utilized a 35-item checklist-type questionnaire, patterned in the actual 50-item questionnaire used by Lei Pei Ping in his study “Concept of death and death anxiety among coronary heart disease patients in Taipei, Taiwan” (1992). The statistical treatments utilized were mean, percentage distribution, t-test and f-test. The study concluded that, 1) Most of the respondents are single, exposed to death in their workplace, came originally from Luzon, within the age bracket of young adult, female and Catholic; 2) Health professionals have moderate level of perception to the given concepts of death while non-health professionals have a moderate level of perception to the given concepts of death; 3) The concept of death of health and non-health professionals was not significantly related to civil status; 4) The concept of death of health and non-health professionals was not significantly related to place of exposure to death; 5) The concept of death of health and non-health professionals was not significantly related to place of origin; 6) The concept of death of health and non-health professionals was significantly related to age; 7) The concept of death of health and non-health professionals was significantly related to gender; 8) The concept of death of health and non-health professionals was significantly related to religion.

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