To analyze the multiple mediating effects of social support and sense of meaning of life on the quality of death in elderly terminally ill patients.
By using convenience sampling method, 276 elderly patients and their attending nurses were investigated with general data questionnaire, perceived social support scale, life significance source scale for the elderly, family care index scale, and ICU nurse version QODD-14 scale. Pearson was used to analyze the correlation, and Amos software was used to establish structural equation model (SEM) and mediate effect test.
(1) The scores of quality of death, family function, social support, and sense of life were 62.52±8.67, 7.54±1.14, 52.53±7.64, and 107.54±13.58, respectively. (2) The quality of death of elderly deathbed patients was positively correlated with family function, social support, and sense of life meaning (r = 0.762, 0.886, and 0.795, P < 0.05). Family function was positively correlated with social support and sense of life meaning (r = 0.528, 0.499, P < 0.05). There was a positive correlation between social support and sense of life meaning (r = 0.665, P < 0.05). (3) Specific intermediary effect of social support accounted for 20.22%, specific intermediary effect of sense of life meaning accounted for 17.06%, and multiple intermediary effect of social support-sense of life meaning accounted for 6.54%.
Family function can indirectly affect the quality of death by regulating social support and sense of life meaning.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |