THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMOR STYLE AND DEATH ANXIETY OF PALLIATIVE CARE PATIENTS

Objective: This descriptive and relational study was conducted to examine the relationship between palliative care patients' humor styles death anxiety.
 Materials methods: The sample consisted of 282 patients treated in clinics a training research hospital January 2021 August 2021. Personal Information Form, Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ), Thorson-Powell Death Anxiety Scale (TPDAS) Palliative Performance (PPS) were used as data collection instruments. Data analysis performed SPSS 25.0 software using mean, standard deviation percentile, Kolmogorov-Smirnov Goodness-of-Fit Test, Significance test difference two means, ANOVA, Post-hoc test, Pearson's Correlation regression analysis. principles Declaration Helsinki followed study, ethics committee approval institutional permission obtained.
 Results: It found that mean age 49.58±9.56 52.1% hospitalized clinic for 5-10 days. determined most frequently style by “Affiliative Humor” (31.7%), least “Aggressive (19.5%). (HSQ) subscale scores 31.05±7.11, self-enhancing 28.34 ± 6.94, aggressive 26.85±7.37, self-defeating 23.50± 6.21. anxiety scale be 81.62±9.12. In addition, low negative correlation affiliative (r=-0.298; p