Predictors of death anxiety among patients with heart disease
| Autor: | Nasim Bahrami, Mohammad Ali Soleimani, Yiong Huak Chan, Simin Zarabadi-Pour, Seyedeh Ameneh Motalebi, Averil Parker |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Medical institution 050103 clinical psychology Attitude to Death Heart Diseases Heart disease MEDLINE Anxiety Religiosity Hope 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Socioeconomic status Aged Psychiatric Status Rating Scales business.industry 05 social sciences Religious belief Middle Aged medicine.disease 030227 psychiatry Clinical Psychology Death anxiety Psychiatric status rating scales Female business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Death Studies. 44:160-167 |
| ISSN: | 1091-7683 0748-1187 |
| Popis: | Objective: This research examines whether or not socio-demographic factors and hope predict death anxiety among patients with heart disease.Materials and Methods: Our sample consisted of 500 respondents who were hospitalized in a medical institution in Iran. Data were collected using the Templer Death Anxiety Scale (TDAS) and the Herth Hope Index (HHI).Results: The results of current study indicated that higher economic status, having one's main source of income from friends, increased age, increased religious belief, and increased hope were associated with lower death anxiety.Conclusion: These results highlight that improving hope, and religiosity among cardiac patients may be an effective means by which to reduce their death anxiety. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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