Table 3.
Nurse-reported patient signs and symptoms associated with nurses’ emotional distress
| n/N (%) | Nurses’ Emotional Distress |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | P Value | ||
| Mental status (patient appears…) | ||||
| Asleep | 117/185 (63.2) | 1.00 | 0.43–2.33 | 0.994 |
| Unconscious | 74/127 (58.3) | 1.10 | 0.41–2.97 | 0.854 |
| Confused | 52/117 (44.4) | 1.53 | 0.51–4.64 | 0.444 |
| Delirious | 33/102 (32.4) | 1.59 | 0.50–5.12 | 0.426 |
| Quality of death | ||||
| Emotional distress | 50/132 (37.9) | 4.46 | 1.54–12.95 | 0.007 |
| Physical distress | 80/177 (45.2) | 2.92 | 1.17–7.31 | 0.022 |
| Overall quality of death | 65/183 (35.5) | 3.08 | 1.31–7.25 | 0.011 |
| Suffering | 78/186 (41.9) | 2.34 | 1.03–5.29 | 0.042 |
| Loss of dignity | 58/163 (35.6) | 2.95 | 1.19–7.29 | 0.020 |
| Emotional distress (patient appears…) | ||||
| Not at peace | 41/166 (24.7) | 2.82 | 1.16–6.87 | 0.023 |
| To experience angst | 25/136 (18.4) | 3.70 | 1.21–11.30 | 0.022 |
| Ashamed | 15/116 (12.9) | 1.81 | 0.43–7.65 | 0.416 |
| To feel like a burden | 23/117 (19.7) | 1.23 | 0.35–4.31 | 0.746 |
| Not accepting of death | 32/108 (29.6) | 1.05 | 0.33–3.32 | 0.938 |
| Anxious | 41/133 (30.8) | 1.76 | 0.62–5.02 | 0.286 |
| Nervous | 36/99 (36.4) | 2.90 | 0.80–10.46 | 0.102 |
| Depressed | 23/97 (23.7) | 2.37 | 0.60–9.43 | 0.215 |
| Sad | 27/90 (30.0) | 2.86 | 0.72–11.38 | 0.133 |
| Scared of dying | 17/71 (23.9) | 3.35 | 0.77–14.60 | 0.105 |
| To look forward to the end of suffering | 32/73 (43.8) | 0.27 | 0.05–1.58 | 0.142 |
Definition of abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.
Indicators of severe symptoms (i.e., rated 8, 9, or 10 on a 10-point scale). N varies because of incomplete data.