The Relationship Between Fear of Death and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors in Individuals Having Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Abstract

Objective: The study aims to investigate the relationship between fear of death and healthy lifestyle behaviors in individuals undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Materials and Methods: The sample number was determined to be 109. The study was carried out in the angiography unit and cardiology clinics of a hospital. Data were collected using the Thorson-Powell Death Anxiety and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors II Scales. Results: The patients' death anxiety scale score was 55.17±11.52 and their healthy lifestyle behavior scale score was 123.51±14.56. A negative relationship (r = -0.683, p = 0.003) was found between death anxiety and healthy lifestyle behavior scales. As death anxiety increased, healthy lifestyle behaviors decreased. A negative correlation was found between death anxiety level and physical activity (r = -0.720, p=0.002). As physical activity decreased, death anxiety level increased. Conclusions: In order for patients to experience less death anxiety, the importance of a healthy lifestyle, such as diet, exercise, spiritual development, stress management, and a healthy social life, should be known. Healthy lifestyle education programs should be applied to patients. To ensure permanence, patients should be supported with visuals and brochures, and training should be repeated.

Keywords

• Intervention
• percutaneous coronary
• death
• health
• lifestyle

Perkütan Koroner Girişim Geçiren Bireylerde Ölüm Korkusu ve Sağlıklı Yaşam Biçimi Davranışları Arasındaki İlişki

Öz

Amaç: Perkütan koroner girişim geçiren bireylerde ölüm korkusu ve sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışları arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemektir. Materyal ve Metot: Örneklem sayısı 109 olarak belirlendi. Çalışma, bir hastanenin anjiyo ünitesi ve kardiyoloji kliniklerinde gerçekleştirildi. Veriler, Thorson-Powell Ölüm Kaygısı ve Sağlıklı Yaşam Biçimi Davranışları II ölçekleriyle toplandı. Bulgular: Hastaların ölüm kaygısı ölçeği puanı 55,17±11,52 ve sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışları ölçeği puanı 123,51±14,56 olarak bulundu. Ölüm kaygısı ile sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışları ölçekleri arasında negatif ilişki (r = -0,683, p= 0,003) bulundu. Ölüm kaygısı arttıkça sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışları azaldı. Ölüm kaygısı düzeyi ile fiziksel aktivite arasında negatif korelasyon (r = -0,720, p=0,002) bulundu. Fiziksel aktivite azaldıkça ölüm kaygısı düzeyi arttı. Sonuç: Hastaların daha az ölüm kaygısı yaşamaları için diyet, egzersiz, manevi gelişim, stres yönetimi ve sağlıklı sosyal hayat gibi sağlıklı yaşam tarzının önemi bilinmelidir. Hastalara sağlıklı yaşam eğitim programları uygulanmalıdır. Kalıcılığı sağlamak için hastalar görsellerle ve broşürlerle desteklenmeli, eğitimler tekrarlanmalıdır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Girişim
• perkütan koroner
• ölüm
• sağlık
• yaşam tarzı

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