Author : Dr. aftab hussain
Keyword : Death anxiety, cancer, chemotherapy, terminal illness, patients, , correlates
Subject : Social sciences
Article Type : Original article (research)
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Abstract : The current study was carried out to explore the demographic correlates and level of death anxiety among the patients who were receiving chemotherapy. For this purpose sample of (N=100) diagnosed cancer patients with chemotherapy was selected from the Civil Hospital Bahawalpur. The sample size was chosen by using the online calculator and data was collected by using the purposive sampling method. The overall research design of this study was cross-sectional with a quantitative type of research. The level of death anxiety was measured by using Templar Death Anxiety Scale (1970). The demographic correlates are socio-economic status, education level, residential area & profession. The results also reported that the patients belonging to Khanpur city showed a higher level of death anxiety than the patients of Rahim-Yar-Khan and Bahawalpur City. Similarly, the patients belonging to the rural areas showed a higher level of death anxiety. As per education, the patients who graduated showed higher levels of death anxiety. Lastly, the results also reported a higher level of death anxiety among the cancer patients who were at phase & 4 as compared to phase 1 & 2 levels of cancer patients. Hence, all the hypotheses of the study were accepted at a 0.5 level of significance. Based on the findings it concluded that the psychological care of cancer patients is as necessary as their medical care. So it is recommended that the humanitarian correlates should be addressed while treating cancer patients with chemotherapy as these are associated with their level of death anxiety.
Article by : Dr Syed Aftab Alam
Article add date : 2023-09-28
How to cite : Dr. aftab hussain. (2023-September-28). Demographic correlates and level of death anxiety among cancer patients with chemotherapy at civil hospital bahawalpur. retrieved from https://www.openacessjournal.com/abstract/1363