Factors influencing death anxiety among Chinese patients with cancer: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study was to investigate death anxiety status among Chinese patients with cancer and identify factors that affect death anxiety.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Changsha, Hunan Province, China.

Participants

A total of 286 inpatients diagnosed with cancer were randomly recruited from a tertiary cancer centre and completed the questionnaires between January and June 2021.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome was the status of death anxiety. The secondary outcomes were the factors that affect death anxiety among Chinese patients with cancer.

Methods

A total of 286 Chinese patients with cancer were recruited from a tertiary cancer hospital to complete the demographic and clinical characteristic

SUBMITTER: Gong Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9562313 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature