Meta-Analysis of Death Education Programs for Nurses and Nursing Students, 2014-2025

Thirteen studies involving 1,142 participants were analyzed in this systematic review and meta-analysis. The work, authored by Fan Sun and published on figshare in 2026, evaluates the impact of death education programs on nurses' and nursing students' end-of-life care competence and attitudes toward death.

Use Cases

• Evaluating the efficacy of death education interventions based on aggregated study outcomes.
• Comparing the effects of online versus in-person training formats based on subgroup analyses.
• Assessing the methodological quality of existing research based on risk of bias and evidence certainty ratings.
• Identifying gaps for future research based on noted limitations like short follow-up periods.

Strengths

• Includes 13 studies with a combined sample size of 1,142 participants.
• Employs rigorous review methods including independent screening, risk of bias assessment (RoB 2.0), and evidence grading (GRADE).
• Performs sensitivity and subgroup analyses to test result robustness.

Limitations

• The document is 26.7 KB, indicating a limited scope focused on summary findings rather than raw participant-level data.
• Most included studies had a high risk of bias, and only 3 out of 13 included follow-up assessments.
• High heterogeneity (I² = 83%) was reported for the analysis on attitudes toward death, indicating very low certainty evidence for that outcome.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized and non-randomized controlled trials.

Time Range

Studies published between 2014 and 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-26.