Examination of Pandemic Awareness, Death Anxiety, and Spiritual Well-Being in Elderly Individuals

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13627748
AutoresÖzlem Özer (0000-0002-7238-5371, Department of Healthcare Management, University of Health Sciences Turkey, Ankara, Turkey, autor de correspondencia), Okan Özkan (0000-0001-9491-8696, Department of Healthcare Management, University of Health Sciences Turkey, Ankara, Turkey), Bilge Büyükşirin (Department of Healthcare Management, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey)
Año2022
Volumen90
Número3
Páginas1293-1312
Fecha de publicación2022-08-13
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00302228221120122
PMID35968726
OpenAlexW4291287632
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas38

This study aimed to examine the relationships between the variables of pandemic awareness, death anxiety, and spiritual well-being and reveal whether the participants' perceptions of pandemic awareness, death anxiety, and spiritual well-being differed according to various sociodemographic characteristics. The study population is comprised of individuals aged 65 years and over in Edirne, Turkey. The data obtained from 449 people in the study were analyzed using various statistical methods. According to the results of the regression analysis performed in the study, the increase in the participants' pandemic awareness was found to reduce their death anxiety and increase their spiritual well-being statistically. Moreover, the increase in the participants' death anxiety statistically reduced their spiritual well-being

Anxiety · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Death anxiety · Disease · Fear of death · Pandemic · Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology