| Psychological and Spiritual Factors Associated with Death Anxiety of Elderly People Living at Home. |
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Kyung Hee Kim, Hye Jin Kwon, Mi Hye Choi, Yoon Ja Park, Su Kang Kim |
1Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Korea. kwonhj@cau.ac.kr
2Department of Social Welfare, Jangan University, Korea.
3The Research Institute of Nursing Science, Chung-Ang University, Korea. |
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| Abstract |
PURPOSE
The study was done to investigate psychological spiritual factors related to death anxiety of elderly living at home. METHODS: A descriptive correlation study was conducted. The participants were 494 living at home elderly people conveniently selected in Seoul and Kyunggi province. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires. Descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, correlation and stepwise multiple regression were used for data analysis. RESULTS: The death anxiety positively correlated with depression and negatively with self-integrity, readiness of death, belief in life after death, and spiritual well-being. The factors influencing death anxiety were self-integrity, readiness of death, depression, and belief in life after death. Those four variables explained 21.6% of death anxiety. CONCLUSION: It is expected to serve as a useful tool for nurses who serve elderly people in the clinical field and local community to help get a better understanding of death, and it is expected to lay a theoretical foundation for the development of strategies geared toward alleviating death anxiety. |
| Key Words:
Death; Anxiety; Aged |
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