JURNAL INTERNASIONAL KEBIDANAN 2020-2023 UNIVERSITAS KEDOKTERAN GUILAN VOLUME 31 ISSUE 4.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
The Effects of Improving Emotional Intelligence on Death Anxiety in Older Adults

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JURNAL INTERNASIONAL KEBIDANAN 2020-2023 UNIVERSITAS KEDOKTERAN GUILAN VOLUME 31 ISSUE 4.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
The Effects of Improving Emotional Intelligence on Death Anxiety in Older Adults

Subject

Anxiety, Death, Emotional intelligence, Older adults

Description

Introduction: Death anxiety is one of the main elements in mental health in older adults.
Objective: This study aimed to determine the effects of improving emotional intelligence on
death anxiety in older adults in Kashan City, Iran.
Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was carried out on 60 older adults
referred to health clinics in Kashan City, Iran, in 2019. The participants were randomly
allocated to the control and experimental groups. Before the intervention, a demographics
data questionnaire and death anxiety scale was filled out by the two groups. The
experimental group received emotional intelligence education in eight sessions (twice
a week). The control group received no intervention. The study measures included a
demographic checklist and the Templer Death Anxiety Scale (TDAS). Immediately and one
month after the intervention, both groups filled out the death anxiety scale again. The

collected data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical tests such as t test, the Chi-
square, and repeated-measures Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).

Results: The results showed that 22 participants (73.3%) and 17 (56.7%) were in the 61-65
age range in the experimental and control groups, respectively. Based on the Chi-square test,
there was no significant difference between the two groups regarding demographical data,
including age, gender, marital status, education, and job. The results of repeated-measures
ANOVA in the experimental group showed that the mean scores of death anxiety decreased
over the 3 time points (P<0.05). Also, the post hoc test showed a significant difference in
death anxiety scores at different time points in the experimental group (P<0.05). The t test
results showed no statistically significant difference in the mean score of death anxiety before
the intervention between the two groups, but at the end of the sessions (P=0.006) and one
month after the intervention (P=0.001), this difference was significant.
Conclusion: The results indicated that improving emotional intelligence in older adults
decreased their death anxiety. It is recommended that nurses use this method to decrease
death anxiety in older adults.

Creator

Akram Baghdadi , Mohammad Aghajani , Zohre Sadat , Neda Mirbagher Ajorpaz

Date

October 2021, Volume 31, Number 4

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peri irawan

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pdf

Language

english

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text

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Citation

Akram Baghdadi , Mohammad Aghajani , Zohre Sadat , Neda Mirbagher Ajorpaz, “JURNAL INTERNASIONAL KEBIDANAN 2020-2023 UNIVERSITAS KEDOKTERAN GUILAN VOLUME 31 ISSUE 4.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
The Effects of Improving Emotional Intelligence on Death Anxiety in Older Adults,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed October 14, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/881.