Psychological and Spiritual Factors Associated with Death Anxiety of Elderly People Living at Home.
10.12934/jkpmhn.2010.19.1.96
- Author:
Kyung Hee KIM
1
;
Hye Jin KWON
;
Mi Hye CHOI
;
Yoon Ja PARK
;
Su Kang KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Korea. kwonhj@cau.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Death;
Anxiety;
Aged
- MeSH:
Aged*;
Anxiety*;
Depression;
Gyeonggi-do;
Humans;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Seoul;
Statistics as Topic
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
2010;19(1):96-105
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
