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- Title
Death Anxiety and Related Factors in Schizophrenia Patients: Controlled Study.
- Authors
Öztürk, Seher Serez; Çiçek, İsmet Esra; Eren, İbrahim
- Abstract
The aim of the study was to investigate the level of death anxiety and related sociodemographic and clinical variables in schizophrenia patients. One hundred and ninety schizophrenia patients and 110 healthy controls were included the study. Death anxiety measured with Templer Death Anxiety Scale (TDAS). The patients were also evaluated with scales in terms of depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and suicide. The death anxiety level in patients with schizophrenia was significantly higher than the healthy controls. The severity of depressive and psychotic symptoms were related to the level of death anxiety. Patients with schizophrenia may need more protection and psychosocial interventions about death related themes.
- Subjects
MENTAL depression risk factors; SUICIDE risk factors; SCHIZOPHRENIA; RISK assessment; SEVERITY of illness index; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ANXIETY; DEATH; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; OBSESSIVE-compulsive disorder; PSYCHOTHERAPY
- Publication
Omega: Journal of Death & Dying, 2023, Vol 87, Issue 4, p1048
- ISSN
0030-2228
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/00302228211033122