An evaluation of the mourning tradition, the “First Feast,” in the context of palliative care: The possibility of incorporating cultural rituals into palliative care       
Yazarlar (6)
İsmail Okan
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Mustafa Süren
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Yalçın Önder
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Rıza ÇITIL Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Seçil Akay
Tuğçe Demir
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı PALLIATIVE & SUPPORTIVE CARE
Dergi ISSN 1478-9515 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SSCI
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 08-2019
Cilt No 17
Sayı 4
Sayfalar 453 / 458
DOI Numarası 10.1017/S1478951518000767
Makale Linki https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1478951518000767/type/journal_article
Özet
Grief is intertwined with cultural and religious rituals that are highly appreciated in the quality standards of palliative care. Here, we aimed to investigate whether a cultural mourning ritual, the "First Feast," can be used by palliative care teams to ease the grief response of the deceased patient's relatives. A questionnaire with 23 questions about the prevalence of the First Feast tradition, the content, the pros and cons, and whether it would be useful for the grieving relatives of deceased patients was prepared and given to the palliative care patients' relatives. The data were evaluated using the chi-square test. A total of 427 participants were enrolled in the study; 60.7% were female and the mean age was 36 (±13.4). A total of 76.8% of the participants were from the Tokat region and 77.8% (n = 332) performed the First Feast tradition. A significant difference was observed among participants with Tokat origins and non-Tokat origins in terms of awareness of the tradition (84.8% and 69.7%, respectively; p = 0.001). Ninety-one percent of the participants acknowledged that the tradition helped to ease the grief response of the relatives. The First Feast, a mourning tradition performed in Tokat and other parts of Turkey, might be a useful auxiliary method for palliative care teams to help grieving families.
Anahtar Kelimeler
After Death | Culture | Grief | Mourning | Palliative care | the First Feast