Determination of Death Anxiety in Individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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2024
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Galenos Publ House
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) causes patients to experience a number of disturbing physical and psychological symptoms. One of these disorders is death anxiety. The purpose of this study was to determine death anxiety in patients with COPD. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was conducted as a cross-sectional descriptive study. The study included 100 patients with COPD at a government hospital in the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) between January and May 2021. A Descriptive Information Form and the Templer Death Anxiety Scale were used to collect data. The t-test in independent groups and ANOVA analysis were used in the analysis of data that showed normal distribution, and the Mann-Whitney U test and the Kruskal-Wallis H test were used for data that did not show normal distribution. RESULTS: The patients' mean scores on the Templer Death Anxiety Scale was high. A significant difference was found between mean scores for death anxiety according to patients' ages, duration of illness, meeting physical needs, and presence of another illness. CONCLUSION: Death anxiety among individuals with COPD was high in the TRNC. The death anxiety level of patients should be determined during hospitalization, and support should be provided. It is also recommended that a study on death anxiety in individuals with COPD and related factors be conducted in the TRNC with a wider sample.
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, death anxiety, COPD patients
