{"title":"Incidence of Death Anxiety in Palliative Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Shi-Qi Hu, Wen Tang, Wan-Qing Zhang, Hong-Lin Chen, Wang-Qin Shen","doi":"10.1177/00302228221104298","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objective:</b> To explore the incidence of death anxiety in palliative care patients, find some existing and potential causes, and put forward suggestions. <b>Methods:</b> Publication bias, sensitivity analysis, subgroup analysis, and regression analysis were also conducted to explore the sources of the heterogeneity in our analysis. <b>Results:</b> 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, <i>p</i> < 0.001). and heterogeneity was significant (I<sup>2</sup> = 98.2%, <i>p</i> < 0.001). In the test of regression analysis, the average age (I<sup>2</sup> = 98.15%, R<sup>2</sup> = - 6.99%, <i>p</i> < 0.001); in gender (I<sup>2</sup> = 97.84%, R<sup>2</sup> = 1.14%, <i>p</i> < 0.001), its heterogeneity was also significant. <b>Conclusion:</b> 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.</p>","PeriodicalId":47794,"journal":{"name":"Omega-Journal of Death and Dying","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Omega-Journal of Death and Dying","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228221104298","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2022/5/24 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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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.