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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2019.20.8.514

Effects of Well-dying Program on the Death Anxiety, Perception of Good Death, and Readiness for Death - Comparison of Aged and College students  

Lee, Youngok (Department of Nursing Changshin University)
Kim, Pil-Hwan (Department of Nursing Changshin University)
Park, Meera (Department of Nursing Changshin University)
Je, Nam-Joo (Department of Nursing Changshin University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.20, no.8, 2019 , pp. 514-522 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study, two-group pretest-posttest design was to provide the well-dying program for aged and college students and to determine the effects on death anxiety, perception of good death, and readiness for death. The subjects were 14 aged and 9 college students by providing a 12 hour well-dying program, verified its effectiveness. Data collection was from October 1 to December 31, 2018 and were analyzed using IBM SPSS 24.0. To verify the normality of the research variable in two groups, Shapiro-Wilk was used. Tested by Fisher's exact probability test, independent sample t-test, and Mann-Whitney test to verify the homogeneity of general characteristics of the subjects. Repeated Measure ANOVA, Friedman test to verify the continuity of the program effects on two group respectively. Results, death anxiety and perception of good death among the aged and college students showed no significant interaction between time and group, but there was a significant difference according to time((p<.030). Readiness for death was significant interaction between time and group((p=.030), a significant difference between the groups(p=.003). The well-dying program of this study is helps raise the death anxiety and perception of good death of the subject, especially the program which helps the readiness for death of the aged.
Keywords
Aged; Anxiety; Death; Perception; Students;
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