Evaluation of Death Anxiety in Elderly Patients With Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy
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Background
Aging population and prevalence of diseases like cancer among them have affected general health of the elderly, so that one of the influential factors on health components of elderly patients with cancer is death anxiety, which has important consequences in them.Methods
In this cross-sectional (descriptive correlational) study, 130 elderly patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy were recruited by convenience sampling method. To collect information, demographic information form and Templers death anxiety inventory were used. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics, statistical tests were used through SPSS 21.Results
The results showed that 42.3% of the old people had high death anxiety. The mean (SD) score of death anxiety was found 6.85 (2.7) which was at the desirable level. In this study, death anxiety of old people had significant relationship with variables of age (PConclusion
The results of this study can be a basis for better understanding of educational, consultation, and supporting needs regarding coping with anxiety and its management (based on the culture of the community) in this group of elderly patients with cancer.Keywords:
Aging , Cancer , Death anxiety
Language:
English
Published:
Journal of Client-Centered Nursing Care, Volume:2 Issue: 3, Summer 2016
Pages:
153 to 160
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