End of Life Issues Action: Impact of Education

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane M. Kurz ◽  
Evelyn R. Hayes
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Death Attitudes ◽  
General Systems ◽  
Life Issues ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Attitudes And Knowledge ◽  
End Of Life Issues ◽  
And Control

There is an increased momentum to improve nurses' expertise in dealing with end of life issues via a standardized education program, ELNEC. This program has not been evaluated systematically. This quasi-experimental, longitudinal study's goal was to measure ELNEC Program's impact on registered nurses' death anxiety, death attitudes, and knowledge over time. General Systems Theory provided the foundation. Nurses completed surveys prior to and 3 times after the program. Research and control groups were similar. Research group's death anxiety scores increased immediately post- program, decreased 6 months later (t=-2.65, p=.02) and returned to pre-program levels at 12 months. Death attitudes varied. Knowledge levels improved significantly. The control group had steady increases in death anxiety scores. The program was associated with decreased death anxiety. Recommendations include timing evaluations after participants have time for reflection and planning "booster programs" to sustain effects. Future studies should include larger samples, incentives, and research method triangulation.

Older Adults' Attitudes Toward Death: Links to Perceptions of Health and Concerns about End-of-Life Issues

2001 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 331-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Klepac Lockhart ◽  
Jamila Bookwala ◽  
Angela Fagerlin ◽  
Kristen M. Coppola ◽  
Peter H. Ditto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Health ◽  
Medical Treatment ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Health Attitudes ◽  
Death Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Toward Death ◽  
Life Issues ◽  
End Of Life Issues ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

The current study had two primary goals, to determine whether: 1) self-rated mental and physical health, pain, and experience with health problems were predictors of elderly adults' attitudes toward death; and 2) death attitudes predict end-of-life medical treatment concerns. Participants were 109 adults, 65 years of age and older ( M=78.74 years), recruited from the local community. Regression analyses indicated that poorer perceived physical health predicted a greater likelihood of viewing death as an escape, and poorer perceived mental health predicted a greater fear of death. Viewing death as an escape and fearing death predicted end-of-life medical treatment concerns; a greater endorsement of either attitude predicted more concern. Possible explanations for the links between perceived health, attitudes toward death, and concern about end-of-life issues are suggested.

End-of-Life Issues for People Who Use AAC

2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 15-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Fried-Oken ◽  
Lisa Bardach
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
Life Issues ◽  
End Of Life Issues

End-of-Life Issues

2012 ◽  
Vol 42 (13) ◽  
pp. 53-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.Y. TAN
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
Life Issues ◽  
End Of Life Issues

TEACHING READING BY UTILIZING HOT POTATOES SOFTWARE TOWARD STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Abdullah Farih
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
And Control

The objective of this study is to measure whether there is or not significant effect of teaching reading by utilizing Hot Potatoes software toward students’ reading comprehension of descriptive text. The variables used were the teaching treatment of Hot Potatoes Software as the independent variable and the students’ reading comprehension of Descriptive Text as dependent variable. Then, the research designed was Quasi-experimental design and the presentation of data used was quantitative. The data were obtained from the eleventh grade, of which 28 students were taken as sample. The students are divided into two groups; experiment group consisted of 12 students and control group consists of 16 students. To get the data, the pre-test and post-test were applied and then analyzed using t-test formula. The researcher had concluded that there is Significant effect of Hot Potatoes Software toward the students’ reading comprehension achievement. The result showed that mean of students’ post-test was increased. It is proved by the t-test (8.54) which is higher than t-table (2.05) at level of significance 5%. It means that the alternative hypothesis was accepted and it proved that Hot Potatoes Software had significant effect toward students’ reading comprehension of Descriptive Text

Using Concept Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) to Promote Students’ Reading Comprehension

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Hilma Suryani
Keyword(s):  
Reading Achievement ◽  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Posttest Score ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Effective Reading Strategies ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

The problem of this study is “Does Concept Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) enhance students’ reading achievement?” The design of this study was quasi-experimental. The sample of this study was taken from the population by using purposive sampling. The experimental group consisted of 39 students while the control group consisted of 35 students. The data were collected by using two instruments; test and questionnaire. The test was given twice to each group in order to see whether or not there was significance difference of pretest and posttest either in experimental or control group and whether or not there was significance difference of experimental and control group in terms of their posttest score. To prove the hypothesis, the data from pretest and posttest of experimental and control group were analyzed by applying paired sample t-test and independent sample t-test. The calculation was run by using SPSS computer program. The result of the study shows there was significance difference of students’ reading achievement between experimental and control group. Besides, the use of CORI as reading strategies was proved as effective reading strategies to enhance students’ reading achievement. Keywords: Concept Oriented Reading Instruction; reading strategy; reading achievement

The Implementation of Learning Materials Based on Local Wisdom of Agricultural in Binjai to Improve the Students Problem Solving Abilities

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Tsalits Fahman Mughni
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Grade ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Equivalent Control ◽  
The Subject ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

Teaching materials by integrating local culture makes easier for students to understand the subject matter in the learning process. The aims of the study is to measure the effectiveness of teaching materials based on local wisdom of agriculture in Binjai in improving the students problem solving abilities. The research method was a quasi experimental which use non equivalent control group in the pretest posttest design. The sample of study were students of Senior High School grade X in Binjai that consisted of experiment group which used teaching materials based on local wisdom of agriculture in Binjai and control group that used student handbooks. Teaching materials are tested by material experts and technology experts to ensure the quality of teaching materials. Data collection was conducted through test. The results showed that the teaching materials based on local wisdom of agriculture in Binjai effective in improving students problem solving abilities in the experimental group students based on the results of N gain value was 0.67 which has medium criteria. It means teaching materials based on agricultural local wisdom of agriculture in Binjai can be used as one of the teaching materials in learning activities.

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