Research Article

Effect of Sociodemographic Variables on Health Anxiety and Death Anxiety Levels in COVID-19 Pandemic

Volume: 14 Number: Ek 1 December 29, 2022
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Effect of Sociodemographic Variables on Health Anxiety and Death Anxiety Levels in COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate health anxiety and death anxiety levels in adult cases during the COVID-19 pandemic and to evaluate the effect of sociodemographic variables. In this online study, 334 patients over the age of 18 were included. Health Anxiety Scale, Death Anxiety Scale and Sociodemographic Data Form were used in the research. The subscales of health anxiety showed a meaningful correlation between hypersensitivity to bodily findings and negative consequences of the disease and death anxiety. Death anxiety and health anxiety were found to be higher in women. It is statistically significant that health anxiety is more common in individuals aged 20-30 years and women with primary education degrees. Death anxiety was found to be associated with low socioeconomic status and health anxiety was associated with average socioeconomic status. Death anxiety was found to be associated with two of the health anxiety subscales. Sociodemographic variables such as age, gender, educational status and socioeconomic status are thought to be effective in both death anxiety and health anxiety.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Psychiatry

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 29, 2022

Submission Date

October 14, 2021

Acceptance Date

February 3, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 14 Number: Ek 1

APA
Alioğulları, A., Önal Sönmez, A., & Erdoğan, A. (2022). Effect of Sociodemographic Variables on Health Anxiety and Death Anxiety Levels in COVID-19 Pandemic. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, 14(Ek 1), 21-27. https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.1009121
AMA
1.Alioğulları A, Önal Sönmez A, Erdoğan A. Effect of Sociodemographic Variables on Health Anxiety and Death Anxiety Levels in COVID-19 Pandemic. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar - Current Approaches in Psychiatry. 2022;14(Ek 1):21-27. doi:10.18863/pgy.1009121
Chicago
Alioğulları, Aysun, Arzu Önal Sönmez, and Ayten Erdoğan. 2022. “Effect of Sociodemographic Variables on Health Anxiety and Death Anxiety Levels in COVID-19 Pandemic”. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar 14 (Ek 1): 21-27. https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.1009121.
EndNote
Alioğulları A, Önal Sönmez A, Erdoğan A (December 1, 2022) Effect of Sociodemographic Variables on Health Anxiety and Death Anxiety Levels in COVID-19 Pandemic. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar 14 Ek 1 21–27.
IEEE
[1]A. Alioğulları, A. Önal Sönmez, and A. Erdoğan, “Effect of Sociodemographic Variables on Health Anxiety and Death Anxiety Levels in COVID-19 Pandemic”, Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar - Current Approaches in Psychiatry, vol. 14, no. Ek 1, pp. 21–27, Dec. 2022, doi: 10.18863/pgy.1009121.
ISNAD
Alioğulları, Aysun - Önal Sönmez, Arzu - Erdoğan, Ayten. “Effect of Sociodemographic Variables on Health Anxiety and Death Anxiety Levels in COVID-19 Pandemic”. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar 14/Ek 1 (December 1, 2022): 21-27. https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.1009121.
JAMA
1.Alioğulları A, Önal Sönmez A, Erdoğan A. Effect of Sociodemographic Variables on Health Anxiety and Death Anxiety Levels in COVID-19 Pandemic. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar - Current Approaches in Psychiatry. 2022;14:21–27.
MLA
Alioğulları, Aysun, et al. “Effect of Sociodemographic Variables on Health Anxiety and Death Anxiety Levels in COVID-19 Pandemic”. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, vol. 14, no. Ek 1, Dec. 2022, pp. 21-27, doi:10.18863/pgy.1009121.
Vancouver
1.Aysun Alioğulları, Arzu Önal Sönmez, Ayten Erdoğan. Effect of Sociodemographic Variables on Health Anxiety and Death Anxiety Levels in COVID-19 Pandemic. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar - Current Approaches in Psychiatry. 2022 Dec. 1;14(Ek 1):21-7. doi:10.18863/pgy.1009121

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