Death Anxiety and Meaning of Life in the Three Groups of Nurses: Obstetrics and Gynecology and CCU Nurses and Housewives

Faeze Khanlarzade,Batool Rezaei,Hakime Aheste,Nezamaddin Ghasemi

doi:10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n2s2p18

Abstract

The aim of this study is to compare the anxiety of death and the meaning of life in three groups of nurses: obstetrics and gynecology and CCU nurses and housewives. Documentary and survey methodologies were used. The purpose of this research was applied in terms of objective and used a descriptive-comparative research design. 30 nurses of CCU ward, 30 nurses in the maternity ward, as well as 30 housewives were analyzed in three groups on a scale of meaning of life and death anxiety. For data analysis, two-way ANOVA was used, and the results of the study showed that there was a significant difference between ICU nurses, maternity nurses and housewives in terms of death anxiety and meaning of life. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n2s2p18

Highlights

Humans, like other creatures, experience birth, illness, youth, maturity, old age and death, but the only man knows he will die one day and tries to take certain measures to himself protect against destruction
The purpose of this research was applied and had a descriptive- comparative research design. 30 nurses of CCU ward, 30 nurses in the maternity ward, as well as 30 housewives were analyzed in three groups on a scale of death anxiety and meaning of life
In the first row of the significant level of variance analysis, the significance level is 0.000. This means that the there is no significant difference between nurses of maternity ward, CCU ward and housewives in terms of death anxiety

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Introduction

Like other creatures, experience birth, illness, youth, maturity, old age and death, but the only man knows he will die one day and tries to take certain measures to himself protect against destruction Death is not a separate phenomenon from outside the realm of life. Death is not an accident, but is a law in place from the beginning of life. One has to think about death and try to understand it. Fear of death is not a fear of the unknown, but this fear comprises many other fears of the life that are reflected in deprivation and failure (Mo'tamedi, 2007)

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