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espanolObjetivo: explorar la actitud y los sentimientos de estudiantes de Enfermeria hacia los cuidados ante la muerte, asi como las diferencias segun las caracteristicas demograficas, la experiencia previa con la muerte y la realizacion de practicas clinicas. Metodo: estudio descriptivo transversal en estudiantes de Enfermeria de universidades de Galicia a traves de la escala validada FATCOD-S. Otras variables: edad, sexo, escuela/facultad, curso academico, entorno residencial en la infancia, vivencia de experiencia previa con el final de la vida y si ya habian realizado practicas clinicas. Se incluyo una pregunta abierta acerca de sus sentimientos ante el fenomeno de estudio. Analisis bivariante mediante t de Student, ANOVA o U de Mann-Whitney y coeficiente de correlacion de Spearman. Resultados: se obtuvo respuesta de 463 estudiantes. La puntuacion media global de la escala FATCOD fue de 98,1 puntos. Quienes tenian 20 anos o menos del curso 1o tenian valores estadisticamente mas bajos que los mayores, tanto en el factor I (p= 0,014) como en el II (p= 0,04); tenian puntuaciones mas altas en ambos factores (p= 0,02) si declaraban haber tenido experiencias previas. Se encontro un gradiente creciente entre las puntuaciones de ambos factores y el curso academico (p Conclusiones: los estudiantes de Enfermeria gallegos presentaron una actitud positiva hacia los cuidados al final de la vida. La edad y la experiencia previa resultaron ser factores clave, asi como la realizacion de practicas clinicas EnglishObjective: to explore the attitude and feelings of Nursing students towards care at death, as well as differences according to demographical characteristics, previous experience with death, and clinical practices completed. Method: a descriptive cross-sectional study on Nursing students from Universities of Galicia, through the validated FATCOD-S scale. Other variables were: age, gender, school, academic course, residential environment at childhood, previous experience with end of life, and if they had already completed clinical practices. An open question was included regarding their feelings towards the subject of the study. Bivariate analysis was conducted through Student’s t, ANOVA or Mann-Whitney’s U tests, and Spearman Correlation Coefficient. . Results: there were answers by 463 students. The overall mean score in the FATCOD scale was 98.1. Students in their 1st year who were ≤20-year-old presented statistically lower values than older students, both in Factor I (p= 0.014) and in Factor II (p= 0.04); they had higher scores in both factors (p= 0.02) if they declared having had previous experiences. An increasing gradient was found between the scores in both factors and the academic year (p Conclusions: nursing students in Galicia presented a positive attitude towards end-of-life care. Age and previous experience represented key factors, as well as having completed clinical practices. |