Relationship between Self-Efficacy and Death Anxiety of Persons with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Year 2024, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 164 - 172, 23.08.2024

Hacer Yaman Güçlü Nazan Kılıç Akça

Abstract

Objective: This study was conducted as a descriptive study to determine the levels of self-efficacy and death anxiety of individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Material and Methods: The study was completed with 170 patients who were hospitalized in Chest Diseases Service with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosis and outpatients who visited the Chest Diseases Polyclinic. Permission from the institution and the ethics committee were obtained. Data from the study was collected by face-to-face interview technique using patient information form, the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease self-efficacy scale, and the death anxiety scale. One Way Anova, t-test, and Pearson Correlation analyses were used in the evaluation of the data.
Results: The mean self-efficacy scale score of the patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the study was found to be 2.16±0.81. The mean death anxiety scale score of the individuals was 7.75±3.03. Patients are experiencing severe levels (27%) of death anxiety. There was no statistically significant relationship between self-efficacy and death anxiety scores of individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Conclusions: Finally, it was determined that the self-efficacy levels of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients were low. Their death anxiety levels were moderate and there was no statistically significant relationship between the mean scores. It is suggested that the levels of self-efficacy and death anxiety of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients be evaluated and planned training should be provided for the management.

Keywords

Death anxiety, self efficacy, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonery Disease, Elderly

Ethical Statement

etik kurul onay alınmıştır.

References

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