Journal
JOURNAL OF RELIGION & HEALTH
Volume 59, Issue 4, Pages 1925-1932Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-019-00906-7
Keywords
Spiritual health; Religious coping; Death anxiety; Elderly
Funding
- 344224 [24533] Funding Source: Medline
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The elderly is a period of life when a person reaches the age of 65 years. This study aimed to determine the relationship between spiritual health and religious coping with the death anxiety in the elderly people. The study is a descriptive cross-sectional study: 180 Elderly according to similar studies. Data gathering tools are Paloutzain and Ellison SH questionnaire, religious coping questionnaire and death anxiety questionnaire. SPSS16 and descriptive and analytical tests were used; there was a relationship between religious health and religious coping with the anxiety (p < 0.05).The M(SD) religious health is 39.25 (11.67), existential health is 40.50 (11.29), total spiritual health is 79.75 (22.03), and also the M(SD) religious coping is 23.84 (5.02). Considering the relationship between RC and SH with DA in the elderly, it is necessary to make the necessary spiritual-religious arrangements to reduce DA.
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