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The Nursing Diagnosis of "Death Anxiety": Content Validation by Experts
Lidia Fernández-Donaire1, José Manuel Romero-Sánchez2, Olga Paloma-Castro3
1PhD student at the University of Seville, Seville, Spain, as well as a Professor at the Gimbernat University School, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Purpose:
To validate the content of the NANDA-I diagnosis "death anxiety" (00147).
Methods:
Descriptive study using the Fehring model with 202 Spanish nurses who were expert in end-of-life care to explore the adequacy of the components of the NANDA-I diagnosis "death anxiety" (00147) in the Spanish edition.
Findings:
None of the diagnosis definitions were considered as representative. Furthermore, 5 of the 56 defining characteristics and 5 of the 26 related factors were validated as major.
Conclusions:
In general, the components of the diagnosis "death anxiety" (00147) in the Spanish edition are not representative according to experts.
Implications For Nursing Practice:
The results support the need to either exclude the diagnosis from the taxonomy or adjust its content.
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