DOI: 10.26453/otjhs.1316642 ISSN:

Hipertansiyon ve ST Elevasyon’lu Akut Miyokard İnfarktüsü Hastalarında Ölüm Anksiyetesi ve Etkileyen Faktörler

Alev YILDIRIM KESKİN, Nurhan ÖZPANCAR ŞOLPAN, Hasan DEĞİRMENCİ
  • General Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • General Environmental Science
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Objective: Death Anxiety in Patients with Hypertension and ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction and the Affecting Factors Materials and Methods: This study was conducted between February and March 2022, with 195 patients with hypertension, ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction and healthy individuals. Patients who were admitted to the city hospital’s cardiology outpatient clinic and were followed up in the outpatient clinic with the diagnosis of hypertension and ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction for the last one year were included in the study. The research data were collected using a Patient Information Form and the "Abdel Khalek Death Anxiety Scale". Results: The mean death anxiety scale score was 46.38±16.72 in hypertension patients, 38.27±12.84 in patients with ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction, and 48.93±16.83 in healthy individuals. A significant difference was found between the death anxiety scores of patients with hypertension compared to patients with ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction (p=0.007). Death anxiety scores of the groups were found to be correlated with some sociodemographic characteristics (p

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