Introduction: Aging is one of the most critical stages of human development that has its own characteristics and conditions. The most common issues are the mental health of the elderly. Because this period is full of all kinds of feelings of shortcomings and disabilities. Since anxiety is a multidimensional structure, it can be expected to affect many aspects of the elderly. The present study w...

Background: Late adulthood, as a sensitive life period of humans, requires unique attention. Elderly people are faced with challenging conditions, including death anxiety. This research aimed to investigate the relationship between religious attitudes and death anxiety in the elderly population of Gonabad City, South Khorasan Province, Iran. Methods: It was a cross-sectional and correlational ...

Background: This study aimed to investigate the role of religious belief, the perception of social interaction and spiritual well-being in the Prediction of fear and anxiety of death in the elderly. Method: The execution method was a descriptive and correlative study. The statistical population of this study included all the elderly of Ardabil in 2016, which 110 elderly were selected as the ana...

Background and purpose: Evidence show that hemodialysis patients experience high level of death anxiety. Therefore, many therapeutic interventions are suggested to reduce death anxiety. This study aimed at investigating the effect of illness perception intervention on death anxiety in hemodialysis patients. Materials and methods: A randomized clinical trial was carried out in 120 hemodialysis ...

Background and Aims The present research aimed to determine the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on death anxiety in women with  Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Methods This was an experimental study with a pretest-posttest design. In total, 30 women were selected by simple random sampling method from those referring to hospitals as well as MS and Spinal Association. The sample...

Introduction: The most important factor in Aging period is the death anxiety. The present study was conducted to determine the relationship between cognitive failures, flexibility and distortion with death anxiety among elderly in Ardabil. Material and Methods: In this descriptive study, 130 Elderly men were selected by available sampling method from all elderly men over 60 years old in Ardabi...