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Perception on Hospice and Attitude to Death for University Students

대학생의 호스피스 인식과 죽음 태도

  • Received : 2019.09.03
  • Accepted : 2019.10.16
  • Published : 2019.11.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine relation between perception on hospice and attitude toward death to provide baseline data for the development of programs for hospice or death-related education for university students. The survey was performed on 150 students in four universities in B metropolitan city. The data was collected from July 30 to August 13, 2019. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis, t-test, ANOVA Pearson's correlation coefficient with the SPSS/WIN 26.0 program. The mean of perception on hospice score was 3.06 out of 4, of the attitude toward death, 'neutral acceptance', 'fear of death', 'death avoidance', 'approach acceptance', and 'escape acceptance' had average scores of 5.31, 3.77, 3.56, 3.15, and 3.06, respectively. There were significant differences in perception on hospice according to gender, major, and experience of hospice-related education and in attitude toward death according to gender, major, religion, subjective health status, experience of hospice-related education. The relationship between perception on hospice and neutral acceptance showed a significant positive correlation, and fear of death and death avoidance showed a significant negative correlation. Therefore, we need consider these variables to develop a hospice or death-related education program to enhance university students' attitudes to death and their perception of hospice.

본 연구의 목적은 대학생의 호스피스 인식과 죽음 태도를 확인하고 대학생을 위한 호스피스 및 죽음 관련 교육 프로그램 개발을 위한 기초 자료를 제공하는 것이다. 자료수집은 B 광역시 소재 4년제 대학교 재학생 150명을 대상으로 2019년 7월 30일부터 8월 13일까지 인터넷 설문지를 SNS를 통해 배포하고 회수하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 26.0 프로그램을 사용하여 기술통계, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient로 분석하였다. 대상자의 호스피스 인식 평점 평균은 $3.06{\pm}0.28$이며, 죽음 태도는 중립적 수용 $5.31{\pm}1.23$, 죽음공포 $3.77{\pm}1.39$, 죽음회피 $3.56{\pm}1.51$, 접근적 수용 $3.15{\pm}1.30$, 탈출적 수용 $3.06{\pm}1.43$ 순으로 나타났다. 호스피스 인식은 성별(t=-2.46, p=.015), 전공(t=7.97, p<.001), 호스피스 학습경험(t=5.58, p<.001)에서, 죽음 태도 중 '죽음공포'는 호스피스 학습경험(t=-2.51, p=.013)에서, '죽음회피'는 성별(t=3.77, p<.001)에서, '중립적수용'은 전공(t=2.52, p=.013), 주관적 건강수준(F=5.42, p=.005)에서, '접근적수용'은 종교(t=4.12, p<.001)에서 유의한 차이가 나타났다. 호스피스 인식은 죽음공포(r=-.25, p=.002), 죽음회피(r=-.30, p<.001)와 음의 상관관계를, 중립적수용(r=.24, p=.003)과 양의 상관관계를 나타냈다. 그러므로, 이러한 변수들을 고려하여 대학생을 위한 긍정적인 죽음 태도를 강화하고 호스피스 인식을 높이기 위한 교육프로 그램 개발이 필요하다.

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