End-of-Life Care Mobile App for Intensive-Care Unit Nurses: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Jin Hee Yang and Gisoo Shin
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Jin Hee Yang: Intensive Care Uint, Seoul National University Hospital, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea
Gisoo Shin: College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, 84 Dongjak-gu, Heukseok-ro, Seoul 06974, Korea

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 3, 1-9

Abstract: Intensive-care unit nurses may experience difficulties in end-of-life care because of frustration or lethargy. The purpose of this study was to develop a mobile end-of-life care program for intensive-care unit nurses and evaluate the effects on competence factors such as knowledge, self-efficacy, and compassion. A quasi-experimental design was used. The participants included 44 nurses who had less than three years of experience in the intensive-care unit, divided into the experimental group and control group. After the intervention, the experimental group showed a significant improvement in self-efficacy in end-of-life care and compassion in end-of-life care. Based on the results of this study, the end-of-life care mobile app was an effective educational method for nurses with experience of less than 3 years in an intensive-care unit. To improve the quality of end-of-life care, it is necessary to develop various educational programs considering the greater role of the fourth industrial revolution in the future.

Keywords: end-of-life care; intensive care unit; nurse; mobile app; efficacy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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