Death Anxiety Associated With Coronavirus (COVID-19) Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Death anxiety is a feeling that exists since birth, continues throughout life, lies at the root of all fears, and develops after the awareness that people will no longer exist and that they can lose themselves and the world. It is associated with death-induced anxiety with many features of the COVID...

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Published in:Omega: Journal of Death and Dying 2024-02, Vol.88 (3), p.823-856
Main Authors: Özgüç, Safiye, Kaplan Serin, Emine, Tanriverdi, Derya
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
COVID-19
Death & dying
Death anxiety
Demography
Fear & phobias
Meta-analysis
Pandemics
Sociodemographics
Systematic review
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Summary:Death anxiety is a feeling that exists since birth, continues throughout life, lies at the root of all fears, and develops after the awareness that people will no longer exist and that they can lose themselves and the world. It is associated with death-induced anxiety with many features of the COVID-19 pandemic, which can be seen as a threat to human existence. In this study, it is aimed to compile studies on death anxiety associated with coronavirus disease, list the general characteristics of these studies through descriptive summaries, and combine findings on the level of death anxiety associated with coronavirus disease through meta-analysis. The findings of this study suggest that COVID-19 pandemic process and is affected by socio-demographic factors such as fear of COVID-19, gender, and occupation. As a result of this study, it was determined that death anxiety was relatively high during the COVID-19 pandemic process.
ISSN:0030-2228
1541-3764
DOI:10.1177/00302228211050503