Attitude Toward Death in Healthy People and Patients With Diabetes and Cancer

Background A person's beliefs can influence the progression of his/her disease;and battling an illness can trigger severe anxiety about death. This study aims to compare the attitude toward death between healthy people and those suffering from diabetes and cancer. Methods In a cross-sectional study, 300 individuals were selected by convenient sampling method. Three groups were matched by gender, age, education, and monthly income. Information was collected through a Death Attitude Profile-Revised (DAPR) questionnaire and Analyzed Via Covariance (ANCOVA). Results The results indicated no difference in death attitude among the three groups (f=2.705, p<0.05). All the three groups displayed a higher mean in neutral and approach acceptance. Conclusion In this study, it was found that disease did not seem to change death attitudes; rather the patients' current attitude had been shaped by previous stages of their sickness.

• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Iranian Journal of Cancer Prevention

• Publication date

  2013-05-28

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

• Identifiers
  PMID 25250117PMCID 4142918
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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