A Questionnaire Study on the Attitude towards Death of the Nursing Interns in Eight Teaching Hospitals in Jiangsu, China

Table 2

Comparison of the attitude domains’ scores (mean ± standard deviation) between the subgroups by demographic characteristics.

Demographic group		n	Fear of death	Death avoidance	Natural acceptance	Approach acceptance	Escape acceptance
Gender	Male	20	21.20 ± 3.97	15.75 ± 2.82	18.25 ± 3.43	26.30 ± 7.57	15.45 ± .524
	Female	337	20.29 ± 3.94	14.89 ± 3.32	18.36 ± 2.57	26.10 ± 5.00	13.53 ± 3.56
Statistic
-value			0.322	0.260	0.849	0.916	0.022
Age	≤20	124	20.69 ± 4.12	15.18 ± 3.19	17.88 ± 2.65	25.6 ± 4.72	13.72 ± 3.51
	21–22	186	20.13 ± 3.99	14.6 ± 3.29	18.64 ± 2.59	26.20 ± 5.12	13.51 ± 3.70
	≥23	47	20.28 ± 3.50	15.30 ± 3.59	18.51 ± 2.51	27.3 ± 6.22	13.98 ± .380
Statistic
-value			0.469	0.328	0.039	0.158	0.700
Religious belief	Yes	32	20.14 ± 3.93	14.84 ± 3.23	18.29 ± .2.59	25.70 ± 4.76	13.41 ± .53
	No	325	22.44 ± 3.91	16.00 ± 3.83	19.06 ± .2.89	30.97 ± 6.52	16.03 ± .97
Statistic
-value			0.020	0.057	0.110	0.001	0.001
The only child in the family	No	245	20.42 ± 3.72	14.93 ± 3.30	18.16 ± 2.53	26.27 ± 4.76	13.7 ± 3.43
	Yes	112	20.18 ± 4.50	14.96 ± 3.31	18.80 ± 2.77	25.96 ± 5.96	13.5 ± 4.07
Statistic
-value			0.598	0.96	0.03	0.60	0.60
Living with single parent	No	327	20.38 ± 4.03	15.02 ± 3.30	18.28 ± 2.59	26.14 ± 5.056	13.67 ± 3.57
	Yes	30	19.97 ± 3.39	14.07 ± 3.17	19.27 ± 2.80	26.57 ± 6.27	13.30 ± 4.40
Statistic
-value			0.587	0.129	0.407	0.67	0.592
Living area	City	99	20.85 ± 3.88	15.29 ± 2.80	18.39 ± 2.50	26.14 ± 4.48	12.95 ± 3.53
	Town	141	20.39 ± 4.29	15.05 ± 3.32	18.54 ± 2.85	26.01±5.93	14.06 ± 3.95
	Countryside	117	19.86 ± 3.62	14.513.63	18.11 ± 2.43	26.40 ± 4.71	13.73 ± 3.27
Statistic
-value			0.190	0.197	0.422	0.833	0.064
Education level	Undergraduate	200	20.25 ± 3.98	14.72 ± 3.21	18.60 ± 2.62	26.21 ± 5.52	13.50 ± 3.65
	Graduate	55	20.09 ± 3.75	15.56 ± 3.68	18.33 ± 2.53	26.60 ± 4.61	13.64 ± 3.54
	Other	102	20.67 ± 4.10	15.05 ± 3.23	17.902.63	25.88 ± 4.72	13.93 ± 3.69
Statistic
-value			0.605	0.223	0.090	0.702	0.617
Perception of mind and body	Poor	40	19.38 ± 3.66	14.05 ± 2.98	18.98 ± 2.61	25.65 ± 4.13	14.53 ± 4.06
	Moderate	178	20.60 ± 3.76	14.80 ± 3.18	17.89 ± 2.49	26.28 ± 4.79	13.79 ± 3.22
	Good	122	20.30 ± 4.42	15.34 ± 3.57	18.82 ± 2.65	26.22 ± 5.83	13.21 ± 4.15
	Very good	17	20.24 ± 3.46	15.71 ± 2.78	18.53 ± 3.06	26.06 ± 6.29	13.12 ± 2.50
Statistic
-value			0.370	0.115	0.008	0.920	0.197
Experience in caring for dying patients	No	103	20.98 ± 3.62	15.20 ± 3.17	17.83 ± 2.60	26.41 ± 5.47	14.00 ± 3.63
	Yes	254	20.09 ± 4.09	14.83 ± 3.35	18.57 ± 2.60	26.08 ± 5.04	13.50 ± 3.64
Statistics
-value			0.054	0.339	0.014	0.590	0.237
Experience of a deceased relative in family	No	123	20.33 ± 3.78	14.79 ± 3.10	17.80 ± 2.53	25.79 ± 4.67	13.13 ± 3.49
	Yes	234	20.35 ± 4.08	15.02 ± 3.40	18.65 ± 2.63	26.38 ± 5.40	13.91 ± .70
Statistics
-value			0.969	0.527	0.003	0.304	0.054
Death education	No	191	21.10 ± 4.09	15.61 ± 3.12	17.81 ± 2.43	26.33 ± 4.55	14.01 ± .31
	Yes	166	19.48 ± 3.65	14.17 ± 3.334	18.99 ± .69	26.00 ± 5.79	13.22 ± 3.95
Statistic
-value			0.001	0.001	0.001	0.548	0.012
Family atmosphere of discussing death	Open and free	130	19.15 ± 4.51	13.80 ± 3.64	19.79 ± 2.41	25.84 ± 6.01	13.43 ± 4.47
	Awkward, uncomfortable	35	21.86 ± 2.88	15.51 ± 2.58	17.29 ± 2.24	25.86 ± 4.44	13.14 ± 3.02
	Avoiding	71	21.83 ± 3.31	16.01 ± 2.84	18.21 ± 2.55	26.77 ± 4.90	14.18 ± 3.06
	Only when necessary, and avoiding children and elderly	121	20.31 ± 3.57	15.37 ± 3.01	17.21 ± 2.24	26.28 ± 4.47	13.69 ± 3.07
Statistic
-value			0.065	0.001	0.001	0.639	0.440