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Factors Influencing Death Anxiety in Community-Dwelling Elderly: Based on the Ecology Theory / 한국호스피스완화의료학회지
Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care ; : 30-38, 2019.
Article in Korean | WPRIM | ID: wpr-741216
ABSTRACT

PURPOSE:

This study analyzed a path through which factors influencing death anxiety in the community-dwelling elderly, assuming personal organismic factors and microsystemic factors based on the ecology model purported by Belsky (1980).

METHODS:

This study was performed with 189 elderly people. Data were collected through a self-report questionnaire. The data were analyzed using the SPSS and AMOS programs.

RESULTS:

The factors influencing death anxiety in the elderly were depression, family support, social network, and familism value, and the explanatory power of these variables was 22%. Death anxiety increased with higher depression, higher familism value, larger social network, and lower family support. Spiritual well-being and elderly discrimination experience had indirect effects on death anxiety, and these effects were mediated by depression.

CONCLUSION:

Depression, family support, social network, and familism value were found to influence death anxiety in the elderly, and the strongest effect came from depression. To reduce death anxiety in the elderly, it is important to improve their relationship with their family and friends. Moreover, support should be provided by establishing local systems, and intervention should be provided to alleviate depression.
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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Anxiety / Friends / Depression / Discrimination, Psychological / Ecology Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Aged / Humans Language: Korean Journal: Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care Year: 2019 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Anxiety / Friends / Depression / Discrimination, Psychological / Ecology Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Aged / Humans Language: Korean Journal: Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care Year: 2019 Type: Article