[Development and application of online education on death].
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to develop an online education on death, 'successful life, and beautiful death' for university students and to evaluate students' changes regarding perception of self and death.


METHODS
A quasi-experimental design was used with one experimental group pre-post test. Subjects were 154 students who enrolled for online education about death for 16 weeks. SPSS/WIN 12 was used for analyzing data.


RESULTS
The results of the study clearly indicated this class had positive effects on students' perception of death-related concepts, attitudes toward death, and self-concept, showing statistically significant higher scores in post-tests than in pre-tests. In addition, the result of class evaluations showed a positive response,


CONCLUSIONS
Findings suggested that this online education about death was effective to change students' perceptions of death related knowledge, attitude toward death, and self-concept. Recommendations for further studies were provided.
Jo
Kae Hwa
KH
Department of Nursing, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Korea. jokw@cu.ac.kr
Lee
Hyun Ji
HJ
Lee
Yun Ju
YJ
D000328:Adult; D001293:Attitude to Death; D003625:Data Collection; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D017145:Models, Educational; D010465:Perception; D012649:Self Concept; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*