Correlation study of death anxiety and QOL in elderly inpatients with chronic diseases
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2016.34.005
- VernacularTitle:住院老年慢性病患者死亡焦虑与生存质量的相关性研究
- Author:
Zulin WANG
1
;
Huaxia LIU
;
Caiying WANG
;
Wenli XU
Author Information
1. 271016 泰安，泰山医学院护理学院
- Keywords:
Aged;
Chronic disease;
Quality of life;
Death anxiety
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2016;22(34):4902-4905
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the correlation between death anxiety and quality of life ( QOL) in elderly patients with chronic diseases. Methods Totally 170 elderly inpatients with chronic diseases from a tertiary comprehensive hospital in Taian were investigated by QOL scale ( SF-36 ) and Templer death anxiety scale (TDAS). Results The total score of TDAS in elderly inpatients with chronic diseases was (6.20±3.31);the total score of QOL was (102.21±14.58). The total score and dimensions of death anxiety were negatively correlated with the total score of QOL (r=-0.173--0.410, P<0.05). Conclusions The death anxiety of patients with chronic diseases is negatively correlated with their QOL, which means that the higher of the level of death anxiety is, the lower of the level of QOL will be. Medical staff should focus on the death anxiety of elderly patients with chronic diseases and carry out death education and hospice care in order to decrease their death anxiety and improve their QOL.
