Prediction of life expectancy based on pain self-efficacy, death obsession, general health with the mediation of emotion regulation in indigent dialysis women

This research aimed to predict life expectancy based on pain self-efficacy, death obsession, and general health by mediating emotion regulation in indigent dialysis women.

The descriptive research method was correlation type. The statistical population of the current study included all poor dialysis women in the medical centers of Tehran and Alborz provinces, of which 287 women dialysis patients were selected by the available sampling method and measurement tools were Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ), Death Obsession Questionnaire (DOQ), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) and Life Expectancy Questionnaire (LEQ). For data analysis, the structural equation modeling method was used via SPSS-23.

The findings showed that pain self-efficacy, general health, and emotion regulation have a positive and significant relationship with life expectancy (p<0.01), and death obsession and life expectancy have a significant negative relationship (p<0.01) and pain self-efficacy, death obsession, and general health had an indirect and significant relationship through emotion regulation with life expectancy (p<0.01).

This research showed that pain self-efficacy, death obsession, and general health explain life expectancy through emotion regulation, and the research model has a favorable fit. The findings of this research can be used by specialists in the fields of health and mental health to improve the life expectancy of dialysis patients.