A comparative study of death anxiety and death attitudes in Han and Tibetan ethnic groups

Fang, Yin; He, Yiqing; He, Yu; Huang, Shen; Ip, Kuaipeng

doi:10.1080/07481187.2020.1802791

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“…The differences in culture and religious beliefs are thought to be the reason (25). Meanwhile, another study compares the death anxiety between Han and Tibetan ethnic group, showing that Tibetan respondents express more death anxiety, fear of death, death avoidance, and escape acceptance than the Han participants (26). Such differences are considered to attribute to their different culture, religious beliefs, and even implicit attitudes.…”

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“…Self-designed questions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as infection status and contact with feverish or infected patients, were also recorded. The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) was included to assess depressive symptoms (13), of which the total scores can be categorized into normal (0-4), mild (5-9), moderate (10)(11)(12)(13)(14), and severe (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27) depression. The cutoff score of 5 for PHQ-9 was adopted in this study.…”

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Prevalence and Related Factors of Depression, Anxiety, Acute Stress, and Insomnia Symptoms Among Medical Staffs Experiencing the Second Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Xinjiang, China

Zhao

Guo

Liu

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The prevalence and related factors of mental health impact among medical staffs who experienced the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in China is unknown. Therefore, this survey was conducted to investigate the prevalence and related factors of depressive, anxiety, acute stress, and insomnia symptoms in medical staffs in Kashi, Xinjiang, China during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among medical staffs working in First People's Hospital of Kashi, Xinjiang. The questionnaire collected demographic data and self-design questions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Impact of Events Scale-6, the Insomnia Severity Index, the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7, the Perceived Social Support Scale, the Chinese Big Five Personality Inventory-15, and the Trait Coping Style Questionnaire were used to measure psychological symptoms or characteristics. Binary logistic regression was carried out to examine the associations between socio-demographic factors and symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, and insomnia. In total, data from 123 participants were finally included, among which the prevalence rate of depressive, anxiety, acute stress, and insomnia symptoms is 60.2, 49.6, 43.1, and 41.1%, respectively. The regression model revealed that minority ethnicity, being worried about infection, spending more time on following pandemic information, and neurotic personality were positively associated with the mental health symptoms, while extraversion personality, higher education level, and better social support were negatively associated. In our study, the prevalence of mental health impact was high among medical staffs in Kashi, China who experienced the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Several factors were found to be associated with mental health conditions. These findings could help identify medical staffs at risk for mental health problems and be helpful for making precise mental health intervention policies during the resurgence. Our study may pave way for more research into Xinjiang during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Prevalence and Related Factors of Depression, Anxiety, Acute Stress, and Insomnia Symptoms Among Medical Staffs Experiencing the Second Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Xinjiang, China

Zhao

Guo

Liu

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“…Cultural variations in death anxiety have been documented. In non-Indian participant studies, findings were indicative of higher death anxiety than in Eastern Asian samples [14,15,[33][34][35]. In Western cultures, people often perceive aging and dying as abnormal phenomena, which provokes the feeling of death anxiety.…”

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Death Anxiety among Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Nursing Practice

Aldiabat¹,

Alsrayheen²,

Navenec³

2023

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Death anxiety is a worldwide phenomenon among diverse populations, including older adults. However, few studies were located in a literature review that examined how the Covid-19 pandemic influenced the perception of death anxiety among the older adult population. Therefore, the purpose of this scoping review article is two-fold: (1) to provide an introductory discussion, based on the literature, regarding how the Covid-19 pandemic and its precautionary measurements provoke death anxiety, including its sub-category of predatory death anxiety, among older adults; and (2) to identify non-pharmacological interventions specific to death anxiety management for gerontological nurses to use during the Covid-19 pandemic or similar pandemics in the future. An intended outcome of this discussion paper is an enhanced understanding of ways to provide effective psychological care to older adults. The focus of discussion includes: the role of sociocultural factors, predatory death anxiety and Terror Management Theory, salient nursing assessment parameters and non-pharmacological interventions to address death anxiety among this population of older adults. In conclusion, gerontological nurses need to demonstrate evidence-based practice taking into consideration their own definition and perceptions of death, the reasons for their beliefs, and the cultural, situational, and spiritual context, in which they practice.

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“…Wang and Li (2017) investigated the relationship between death attitude and gender in a sample of 1,058 Chinese college students, finding that the level of death anxiety of women is higher than that of men. Yin et al (2020), who studied death anxiety and death attitude among people of Tibetan and Han nationality, discovered that individuals who attended more funerals had more acceptance of death. Those who had more open discussions about death in the family also exhibited lower individual anxiety.…”

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Death Attitudes and Death Anxiety Among Medical Interns After the 2020 Outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus

2022

Front. Psychol.

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This study investigates the status quo and influencing factors of death attitudes and death anxiety among medical interns in China as measured by the Death Attitude Scale and Death Anxiety Scale following the outbreak of “Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia” in China in early 2020. Results of this study show that under the influence of COVID-19, in terms of death attitude, medical interns scored the highest in neutral acceptance and the lowest in escape acceptance. There were significant differences in death attitude and anxiety among the groups with different backgrounds, including their families’ approaches to discussions of death, the number of funeral experiences, and other factors. There were two additional factors affecting attitudes that were related to the epidemic situation: whether the individual had participated in work to treat COVID-19 and whether their close friends or relatives (“cherished persons”) had been diagnosed with COVID-19. The study reveals the ways that the epidemic had an impact on death attitude and death anxiety.

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A comparative study of death anxiety and death attitudes in Han and Tibetan ethnic groups

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Prevalence and Related Factors of Depression, Anxiety, Acute Stress, and Insomnia Symptoms Among Medical Staffs Experiencing the Second Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Xinjiang, China

Prevalence and Related Factors of Depression, Anxiety, Acute Stress, and Insomnia Symptoms Among Medical Staffs Experiencing the Second Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Xinjiang, China

Death Anxiety among Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Nursing Practice

Death Attitudes and Death Anxiety Among Medical Interns After the 2020 Outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus

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