%0 Journal Article %A Fathi, Mohsen %A Sanagoo, Akram %A Jouybari, Leila %A Yazarloo, Marzieh %A Sharif Nia, Hamid %T Death Anxiety in Hemodialysis Patients Admitted to Panj-Azar Teaching Hospital, 2013 %J Journal of Research Development in Nursing and Midwifery %V 12 %N 3 %U http://nmj.goums.ac.ir/article-1-815-en.html %R %D 2016 %K Death Anxiety, Hemodialysis, Patient, Iran, Anxiety, %X Background and Objective: Patients with life threatening diseases have to deal with the death issue. One of the common psychological problem is anxiety esp. death anxiety . This study aimed to determine the level of death anxiety in hemodialysis patients. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on all 150 patients admitted to Panj-azar teaching hospital for hemodialysis, 2013. The data was collected by demographic checklist and Templer Death Anxiety questionnaire scoring 0 to 15 (0-6 for low, 7-9 for moderate and 10-15 for high anxiety). We analyzed the data by independent t-test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficient (P<0.05). Results: Twenty-four point seven percent of the patients had low , 10% average and 65.3% of them had high death anxiety. Average scores of death anxiety in men and in women were 8.21±4.82 and 11.95±3.81, respectively. The relationship of death anxiety with sex (P<0.001), employment status (P<0.001), and age (P<0.002) was significant. Conclusion: Bases on the results, the death anxiety is high in more than half of the patients with hemodialysis. %> http://nmj.goums.ac.ir/article-1-815-en.pdf %P 48-55 %& 48 %! %9 Original Article %L A-10-9-11 %+ %G eng %@ 2588-3038 %[ 2016