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

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 Rev...

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Published in:Journal of religion and health 2022-02, Vol.61 (1), p.811-826
Main Authors: Karabağ Aydın, Arzu, Fidan, Hursit
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aging
Anxiety
Anxiety - epidemiology
Clinical Psychology
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Nurses
Original Paper
Pandemics
Personal Satisfaction
Public Health
Religious Studies
SARS-CoV-2
Sociodemographics
Turkey
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Summary: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  
ISSN:0022-4197
1573-6571
DOI:10.1007/s10943-021-01357-9