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| Religiosity, spirituality and death attitudes in chronically ill older adults | | Author(s) | Timothy P Daaleman, Debra Dobbs |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 32, no 2, March 2010 |
| Pages | pp 224-243 |
| Source | http://roa.sagepub.com doi:10.1177/0164027509351476 |
| Keywords | Religion ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Attitude ; Death ; Dying ; Ill health ; Living in the community ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The aim of this study was to examine the association of religiosity and spirituality with fear of death and death acceptance attitudes in chronically ill older adults. In-home interviews were conducted with 257 community-dwelling older people with chronic illness identified through an administrative database of ambulatory care clinics from an academic health centre in Kansas City, and through primary care practices participating in a practice-based research network in North Carolina. Hierarchical regression models were constructed for predictor variables and the outcomes of fear of death and approach acceptance of death attitudes. Self-efficacy beliefs (b = -.097, p < .001), anxiety (b = .026, p < .01), and physical functioning (b = .015, p < .01) were significantly associated with fear of death attitudes. Self-reported religiosity (b = -.389, p < .001), closeness to God (b = -.595, p < .001), and age (b = -.019, p < .001) contributed significantly to the variance in the final model and were significantly associated with approach acceptance of death attitudes. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100913204 A |
| Classmark | TR: EX: DP: CW: CX: CH: K4: 49: 7T |
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