노인의 죽음준비와 죽음불안

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Elderly Preparation for Death and Anxiety of Death

Park, kichung Advisor: Chung, Young Department of Nursing, Graduate school, Chosun University

The prupose of this study was to identify the level of preparation and anxiety for death of the elderly, and also identify the relationship between the level of preparation and the anxiety for death and the infuencing factors of the level of anxiety for death.

The subjects of this study were the 200 aged persons who were 65 years or older, the members of 12 senior centers located in S city. The data of this study were collected by the direct interview using structuralized questionnaire.

The results were as follows;

1. The subjects average point of the level of the preparation for death, were 3.02, and 3.12 the level of the anxiety for death.

2. In the analysis of difference for the preparation level for death by the general characters of the subjects, the significant difference in the age((t=6.497, p=.001), schooling years(t=2.987, p=.020), health condition(t=3.894, p=.005), number of communication partner(t=2.695, p=.047), and the family members living together(t=3.241, p=0.013) was come out.

3. In the analysis of difference for the level of anxiety for death by the general characters of the subjects, the significant difference in the sex(t=16.341, p=.001), and schooling years(t=4.756, p=.001) was come out.

4. The analysis of relationship between the psychological and the physical preparation during the preparation, proved there was a positive correlation(r=0.356, p=.001) between the psychological preparation and the preparation level for death, proved also pretty high positive correlationship=0.757, p=.001). Between the physical preparation and the preparation level for death, also proved high level of positive correlation(r=0.880, p=.001). In the regression analysis between the anxiety and the preparation for death, the influence of the psychological preparation to the level of anxiety for death was β= -.0137(p=.019).

5. As the result of the analysis of relationship with the level of anxiety for death by input of the significant variable in the difference analysis, there were difference in the anxiety level by the variabels, sex(β=0.273,p=.007), marriage state(β=-0.217,p= .014).