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. 2018 Dec;15(12):1459–1464. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201804-284OC

Table 3.

Nurse-reported patient signs and symptoms associated with nurses’ emotional distress

  n/N (%) Nurses’ Emotional Distress
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.