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Korean Society of Nursing Science (한국간호과학회)
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Development of an Evaluation Instrument for Subjects Related to Death

죽음 관련 교과목의 교과내용 평가 도구개발

  • Jo, Kae-Hwa (Department of Nursing, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
  • Lee, Hyun-Ji (Department of Social Welfare, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
  • Lee, Yun-Joo (Department of Education, Catholic University of Daegu)
  • 조계화 (대구카톨릭대학교 의과대학 간호학과) ;
  • 이현지 (대구카톨릭대학교 사회복지학과) ;
  • 이윤주 (대구카톨릭대학교 교육학과)
  • Published : 2006.02.01
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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop an evaluation instrument integrated and interdisciplinary death education for the human service areas such as nursing, social welfare, and education and to test the reliability and validity of it. Method: The subjects used to verify the instrument's reliability and validity were 407 students who were enrolled in the departments of nursing, social welfare, and education in universities located in Seoul, Pusan, Daegu, and Daejeon. The data was collected from April to May, 2005, and was analyzed by SPSS/WIN 12. Result: A factor analysis was conducted. Items with over a .40 factor loading and over a 1.0 eigen value were selected. Nine identified factors were learning about death, role of professionals, personal attitudes, hospice care, ethics and legal issues, death and dying, spiritual aspect of' death, transcultural aspect of death, and multidisciplinary theory of death. The instrument consisted of 44 items and the reliability was a cronbach's of .953 Conclusion: Based on the study results, the content scale developed in this study was identified as a tool with a high degree of reliability and validity.

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