AU - Fathi, Mohsen AU - Sanagoo, Akram AU - Jouybari, Leila AU - Yazarloo, Marzieh AU - Sharif Nia, Hamid TI - Death Anxiety in Hemodialysis Patients Admitted to Panj-Azar Teaching Hospital, 2013 PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - nmj JN - nmj VO - 12 VI - 3 IP - 3 4099 - http://nmj.goums.ac.ir/article-1-815-en.html 4100 - http://nmj.goums.ac.ir/article-1-815-en.pdf SO - nmj 3 ABĀ  - 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. CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - nmj PG - 48 PT - Original Article YR - 2016