Impact of Death Education Programs on Nurses' End-of-Life Competence: A Meta-Analysis

Fan Sun's document is a systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the effects of death education programs on nurses' and nursing students' attitudes toward death and end-of-life care competence. It synthesizes findings from 13 studies involving 1,142 participants, published between 2014 and 2025. The analysis reports a significant improvement in end-of-life care competence but an uncertain effect on death attitudes.

Use Cases

• Evaluating the efficacy of death education interventions based on the reported meta-analysis results
• Comparing outcomes of online versus in-person training formats based on subgroup analyses mentioned
• Assessing the quality of evidence in nursing education research based on the GRADE certainty ratings and risk of bias assessment

Strengths

• The analysis is based on 13 studies with a total sample size of 1,142 participants.
• It includes subgroup and sensitivity analyses, and the results for end-of-life care competence show a significant effect size (SMD = 1.05).
• The document provides a clear methodology including risk of bias assessment (RoB 2.0) and evidence certainty grading (GRADE).

Limitations

• The document is 12.6 KB, indicating it is likely a summary or manuscript, not a primary dataset with raw records.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The underlying data from the included studies is not directly accessible within this file.

Provenance

Source

Fan Sun via figshare

Collection Method

Systematic review and meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) and Controlled Clinical Trials (CCTs) from seven databases.

Time Range

Studies published between 2014 and 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-26 04:41:09