Association of Death Anxiety with Spiritual Well-Being and Religious Coping in Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Rababa, Mohammad; Hayajneh, Audai A.; Bani-Iss, Wegdan

doi:10.1007/s10943-020-01129-x

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“…This study was conducted at the peak of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide. Growing anxiety among older people is likely to be linked to the higher mortality rates recorded among people aged 60 years and older from COVID-19 [ 19 , 20 ]. A study conducted in the UK found that 12.8% of participants reporting worse depression scores while 12.3% felt worse on the anxiety scores using the HADS scale [ 21 ].…”

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Virtual Group Exercises and Psychological Status among Community-Dwelling Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Feasibility Study

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Social isolation, magnified by the restriction of movement order during the COVID-19 pandemic, may lead to negative psychosocial health impacts among community-dwelling older adults. We, therefore, aimed to evaluate recruitment rates, data collection, and group exercises conducted through virtual technology among individuals aged 60 years and over in Malaysia. Participants were recruited from the Promoting Independence in Seniors with Arthritis (PISA) pilot cohort through social media messaging. A four-week course of virtual group exercise was offered. Anxiety and depression were assessed with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) during the last attended follow-up of the cohort study (pre-pandemic), pre-intervention, and post-intervention. Exercise adherence was recorded using diaries with daily entries and attendance to the virtual group exercise sessions were also captured electronically daily. The outcomes of interest were changes in anxiety and depression scores from baseline to pre-intervention (pandemic-related) and post-intervention (virtual exercise related). Forty-three individuals were recruited. A significant increase in anxiety scores from baseline to pre-intervention was observed. Comparisons using repeated-measures analysis of variance between those who attendance ≥ 14 and < 14 group exercise sessions revealed no between-within subject differences in depression scores. There was a 23% dropout rate in the post intervention survey and 60.5% of diaries were returned. Virtual group exercises could be conducted among older adults residing in a middle-income country, though recruitment would have been limited to those with internet access.

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Virtual Group Exercises and Psychological Status among Community-Dwelling Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Feasibility Study

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“…Although a previous study chose a different measurement tool with us, partial results of us were consistent with theirs. During the COVID‐19 pandemic, those residences who are older or female have a higher level of death anxiety (Rababa et al., 2021 ). Females endorsed more severe death anxiety than males compared with previous studies (Harding et al., 2005 ; Russac et al., 2007 ).…”

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Appetite loss, death anxiety and medical coping modes in COVID‐19 patients: a cross‐sectional study

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Cao

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COVID-19 has been known as a respiratory illness caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome, which has been threatening the health of the public around the world (Legido-Quigley et al. 2020;Li et al., 2020). Increasing evidence has proved it raises some digestive symptoms, such as anorexia, diarrhoea, nausea and vomiting, were found in patients diagnosed with COVID-19 (Richards & Andrews, 2004;Aguila et al., 2020;Ungaro et al., 2020). This was consistent with what we were aware of when providing nursing care for patients with COVID-19. Some patients denied eating or had a lower level of appetite during their treatment. Because of this, there is a recognized need for managing their malnutrition that attributed to the alterations of smell and taste and lack of appetite (Lechien et al., 2020). Besides, this negative impact on food intake might also result in malnutrition and weight loss (Harris et al., 2017

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“…Some studies on death anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic have shown that nurses have higher death anxiety than other healthcare professionals (Şahin et al, 2020 ; Tepe Medin et al, 2020 ). It has been stated that death anxiety is associated with negative health outcomes such as exposure to life-threatening events, a decrease in physical functions, psychological stress, and life dissatisfaction (Rababa et al, 2021 ).…”

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The Effect of Nurses' Death Anxiety on Life Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey

Aydın

Fidan

2021

J Relig Health

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The purpose of the study is to determine the effect of nurses’ death anxiety on life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-sectional and correlational study was conducted with 411 nurses in Turkey. Data were collected online through Google Forms using a sociodemographic form, the Revised Death Anxiety Scale (RDAS), and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). Percentages, means, Pearson’s correlation analysis, and hierarchical linear regression models were used to analyze the data. The nurses’ mean age was 28.11 (SD = 6.27) years. More than half of the nurses stated that there were COVID-19 patients in the clinic where they worked (56.0%) and that they were afraid to provide care to patients diagnosed with COVID-19 (54.5%). Their mean RDAS total score was 57.33 (SD = 16.20), indicating moderate death anxiety, and their mean SWLS total score was 2.58 (SD = 0.82), indicating a low level of life satisfaction. Sociodemographic variables accounted for 8.8% of the variance. Death anxiety was associated with life satisfaction ( β = − 0.118, p < 0.05). Model 3, which included all of the analyzed independent variables, explained 17% of the variance in life satisfaction ( R 2 = 0.171, p < 0.001). This study showed that death anxiety adversely affects life satisfaction. Higher death anxiety among nurses was associated with lower satisfaction with life. Based on the findings, we recommend providing more psychological and communication support to nurses and implementing systematic physical and psychological evaluations of nurses to facilitate early intervention.

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Association of Death Anxiety with Spiritual Well-Being and Religious Coping in Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cited by 113 publications

References 50 publications

Virtual Group Exercises and Psychological Status among Community-Dwelling Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Feasibility Study

Virtual Group Exercises and Psychological Status among Community-Dwelling Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Feasibility Study

Appetite loss, death anxiety and medical coping modes in COVID‐19 patients: a cross‐sectional study

The Effect of Nurses' Death Anxiety on Life Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey

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