Death Anxiety and Spiritual Care Needs of Women of Reproductive Age During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study

Year 2025, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 54 - 67, 26.04.2025

Özlem Doğan Yüksekol , Nazlı Baltacı , Feyza Nazik

https://doi.org/10.58605/bingolsaglik.1609966

Abstract

COVİD-19 infection has become a pandemic in a short time all over the world, causing anxiety and fear of death in individuals, and increasing the need for spiritual care. This study aimed to determine the level of death anxiety and spiritual care needs of women of reproductive age during the COVID-19 pandemic.This research was conducted as a descriptive and cross-sectional study. The research data were collected by using survey questions prepared by researchers, the Death Anxiety Scale, and the Spiritual Care Needs Inventory. The t-test, one-way analysis of variance, and correlation analysis were used as the statistical analysis. The mean the Spiritual Care Needs Inventory score of women was 62.58±22.10, and the mean The Death Anxiety Scale score of women was 7.71±1.74. In the study, it was determined that women of reproductive age felt a high level of spiritual care need during the pandemic period and experienced moderate death anxiety.

Keywords

Death anxiety, Reproductıve age, Spiritual care, Women

Project Number

YOK

Covid-19 Pandemisinde Üreme Çağındaki Kadınların Ölüm Kaygısı ve Spiritüel Bakım Gereksinimleri: Tanımlayıcı-Kesitsel Çalışma

Abstract

COVİD-19 enfeksiyonu tüm dünyada kısa sürede pandemi haline gelerek bireylerde kaygı ve ölüm korkusuna neden olurken, manevi bakım ihtiyacını da arttırmaktadır. Bu çalışma, COVID-19 pandemisi sırasında üreme çağındaki kadınların ölüm kaygısı düzeyini ve manevi bakım ihtiyaçlarını belirlemeyi amaçlamıştır. Bu araştırma tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel bir çalışma olarak yapılmıştır. Araştırma verileri araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan anket soruları, Ölüm Kaygısı Ölçeği ve Manevi Bakım İhtiyaçları Envanteri kullanılarak toplanmıştır. İstatistiksel analiz olarak t-testi, tek yönlü varyans analizi ve korelasyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Kadınların Spiritüel Bakım Gereksinimleri Ölçeği puanı ortalaması 62,58±22,10, Ölüm Kaygısı Ölçeği puanı ortalaması ise 7,71±1,74 olarak saptanmıştır. Araştırmada üreme çağındaki kadınların pandemi döneminde yüksek düzeyde manevi bakım ihtiyacı hissettikleri ve orta düzeyde ölüm kaygısı yaşadıkları belirlenmiştir.

Keywords

Kadın, Ölüm kaygısı, Spiritüel bakım, Üreme çağı

Project Number

YOK

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