The Nursing Diagnosis of Death Anxiety: Content Validation by Experts

PURPOSE To validate the content of the NANDA-I diagnosis death anxiety (00147). METHODS Descriptive study using the Fehring model with 202 Spanish nurses who were expert in end-of-life care to explore the adequacy of the components of the NANDA-I diagnosis death anxiety (00147) in the Spanish edition. FINDINGS None of the diagnosis definitions were considered as representative. Furthermore, 5 of the 56 defining characteristics and 5 of the 26 related factors were validated as major. CONCLUSIONS In general, the components of the diagnosis death anxiety (00147) in the Spanish edition are not representative according to experts. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE The results support the need to either exclude the diagnosis from the taxonomy or adjust its content.