[Factors influencing nursing students' attitudes toward autopsies in South Korea: a cross-sectional descriptive study].

Authors

Seonmi Nho, Hanna Choi

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Journal of Korean biological nursing science. Volume 27. Issue 1. Pages 85-93. Epub Feb 21, 2025.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate nursing students' perceptions of and attitudes toward autopsies and to identify factors influencing their attitudes.
This study was a descriptive survey, and the participants were 183 nursing students enrolled at Nambu University. Data were collected through an online survey conducted from September 2 to October 4, 2024 and analyzed using SPSS version 28.0, employing descriptive statistics, the t-test, one-way analysis of variance, the Scheffé test, the Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis.
Nursing students' attitudes toward autopsies showed significant correlations with their awareness of autopsies (β = .29, p < .001), awareness of local installation of autopsy facilities (β = .16, p = .025), the perceived necessity of forensic medicine (forensic nursing) (β = .16, p = .028), and age (β = .12, p = .098), explaining a total of 17% of the variance.
These findings underscore the need to develop and implement a systematic forensic education program to improve nursing students' perceptions of autopsies and facilitate informed decision-making.

PMID:
42563752
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 07 Aug 2026.

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