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KMID : 1155220190440020111
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Journal of the Korean Society of Health Information and Health Statistics
2019 Volume.44 No. 2 p.111 ~ p.116
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Factors Influencing Death Anxiety among Rural Elderly
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Hwang Gyu-Seok
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Abstract
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Objectives: The health of the aged in rural areas is significantly poorer than that of the urban elderly, and the social function of the elderly is lower than that of the urban elderly. The purposes of this study were to identify death anxiety, death attitude, and spiritual well-being and to identify the factors that affect death anxiety of the elderly living in rural areas of South Korea.
Methods: Total 101 elders aged 65 or older were recruited for this descriptive study and answered questionnaires. The questionnaire included death anxiety, attitudes toward death, and spiritual well-being.
Results: The level of death anxiety, attitudes toward death, and spiritual well-being in rural areas were more than moderate. Attitudes to death (β=-0.39) and living arrangements (β=0.27) were found as the influencing factors on the death anxiety among rural elderly. The more positive the attitudes toward death, the lower the death anxiety for the rural elderly, and the lower the death anxiety for the elderly living with their families than those who living alone.
Conclusions: To ease death anxiety, it is necessary to develop programs to affirm their attitudes to death and to mediate support resources to replace families for the elderly who live alone. It is very important to reduce death anxiety to ensure successful aging, one of the biggest challenges for the elderly at the last stage of their lives.
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KEYWORD
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Aged, Anxiety, Attitude, Death, Rural population
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