title: Family factors affecting on withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in Korea.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to identify the family factors affecting on withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in Korea on the basis of Olson's Circumplex Model. A descriptive study was conducted with 364 Korean adults who had experienced a family member with cancer being hospitalized at least 1 month prior in Korea. Data were analysed by using the Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple regressions with SPSS/WIN 15.0 program. The mean score of The mean score of withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment appeared low. Significant bivariate correlations were found among withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, family cohesion and family communication. Family factors predicting withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment were family cohesion and family communication. This study demonstrated that balanced families with optimal family cohesion and communication are predicted to easily accept withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment for their family member at the terminal stage in Korea.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Kae-Hwa
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: Gyeong-Ju
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: An
authors.forename: Kyung Su
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016223:Advance Directives / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000368:Aged; D003146:Communications Media; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005190:Family; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D056910:Republic of Korea; D028761:Withholding Treatment; D055815:Young Adult