TABLE 1.

Description of attitudes towards death and attitudes towards caring for dying patients (N = 555)

Variable	M	SD	P25	P75	Student Min	Student Max	Scale Min	Scale Max
DAP‐R (total score)	153.7	21.5	139	169	32	221	32	224
Fear of death	29.1	7.7	24	34	7	49	7	49
Death avoidance	21.5	7.0	16	27	5	35	5	35
Neutral acceptance	27.6	4.6	25	31	5	35	5	35
Approach acceptance	53.9	9.3	48	61	10	70	10	70
Escape acceptance	21.5	7.4	16	27	5	35	5	35
FATCOD (total)	98.1	9.2	93	104	68	137	30	150
Attitudes towards caring for a dying person	62.2	7.3	58	67	42	92	20	100
Attitudes towards dying patients' families	35.9	4.3	33	38	20	47	10	50

Abbreviations: DAP‐R, Death Attitude Profile‐Revised; FATCOD, The Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying; P₂₅, 25th percentile; P₇₅, 75th percentile.