Spanish adaptation of the Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale.
The Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale (CL-FODS) consists of 4 subscales: Death of Self, Dying of Self, Death of Others, and Dying of Others. The aim of this study was to develop a Spanish version of the CL-FODS and to explore its psychometric properties. The revised version of the scale was translated into Spanish from English. Then, the back translation technique was carried out. A sample of 281 Spanish nursing students and professionals responded to the Spanish CL-FODS, along with 2 instruments assessing death anxiety and general anxiety. Good internal consistency and satisfactory test-retest reliability of the 4 subscales of the Spanish CL-FODS were achieved. Its correlations with death anxiety were higher than that with general anxiety, supporting its discriminant validity. The principal component analysis forced to 4 components provided a distribution of loadings that is more coherent with the theoretical formulation of the 4 components than those obtained in previous studies. These results justify the use of the CL-FODS in Spanish-speaking health care professionals for the purpose of assessing attitudes toward death and dying in self and others.
Tomás-Sábado
Joaquín
J
Escola Universitària d'Infermeria Gimbernat, Vial Interpolar del Vallès s. n., 08190 Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain. joaquin.thomas@cesc.es
Limonero
Joaquín T
JT
Abdel-Khalek
Ahmed M
AM
D000328:Adult; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005239:Fear / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires