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Family Surrogates' Decision Regret and Psychological Stress about End-of-Life Cancer Treatments: Path Analysis

말기 암환자 가족의 대리적 연명의료 결정에 대한 치료결정 후회 및 심리적 스트레스: 경로모형 분석

  • Kim, Su Hyun (College of Nursing, Research Institute of Nursing Science, Kyungpook National University)
  • 김수현 (경북대학교 간호대학, 간호과학연구소)
  • Received : 2018.07.10
  • Accepted : 2018.09.14
  • Published : 2018.10.31
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Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to understand the mechanisms of decision regret and stress of family surrogates' end-of-life decision making using an exploratory path model. In particular, the research identified the direct effects of perceptions of uncertainty and effective decisions on decision regret and stress, and examined the indirect effects of being informed, having clear values, and being supported for decision regret and the stress of end-of-life decision making through the mediating variables of perceptions of uncertainty and effective decisions. Methods: Data were collected from 102 family surrogates who had participated in end-of-life decision making for patients with terminal cancer in a tertiary hospital. Results: Perception of effective decisions was a significant direct predictor of decision regret, and uncertainty was a significant predictor of stress among the participants. Being informed, having clear values, and being supported had a significant indirect influence on decision regret through the perception of effective decisions among family surrogates. However, only having clear values had a significant indirect influence on stress through the perception of uncertainty. The model explained 63.0% of decision regret and 20.0% of stress among the participants and showed a good fit with the data, ${\chi}^2=12.40$ (df=8, p=.134), TLI=.97, and RMSEA=.07. Conclusion: Nurses can support family surrogates in end-of-life decision-making processes to decrease their decision regret by providing information about end-of-life care choices, clarifying personal values, and supporting the decision-making process, and to relieve their stress by facilitating the clarification of personal values.

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