Results
Title

Incidence of Death Anxiety in Palliative Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Authors

Hu, Shi-Qi; Tang, Wen; Zhang, Wan-Qing; Chen, Hong-Lin; Shen, Wang-Qin

Abstract

Objective: To explore the incidence of death anxiety in palliative care patients, find some existing and potential causes, and put forward suggestions. Methods: Publication bias, sensitivity analysis, subgroup analysis, and regression analysis were also conducted to explore the sources of the heterogeneity in our analysis. Results: The 607 studies were obtained, and 20 studies were included after reading the articles and quality evaluation. The incidence of death anxiety in patients was 0.44 (95%CI:0.38,0.51, p < 0.001). and heterogeneity was significant (I2 = 98.2%, p < 0.001). In the test of regression analysis, the average age (I2 = 98.15%, R2 = - 6.99%, p < 0.001); in gender (I2 = 97.84%, R2 = 1.14%, p < 0.001), its heterogeneity was also significant. Conclusion: The incidence of death anxiety is relatively high. More often occur in elderly female patients. This requires more attention to life itself rather than death.

Subjects

CHINA; DEATH & psychology; ATTITUDES toward death; DEATH; PALLIATIVE treatment; ANXIETY; META-analysis; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; SYSTEMATIC reviews; CONFIDENCE intervals; TERMINAL care; HOSPICE care

Publication

Omega: Journal of Death & Dying, 2024, Vol 90, Issue 1, p336

ISSN

0030-2228

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1177/00302228221104298