School of Nursing, Chengdu Medical College, No. 783, Xindu Avenue, Xindu District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.
Nursing Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
J Relig Health. 2023 Oct;62(5):3070-3094. doi: 10.1007/s10943-023-01794-8. Epub 2023 Apr 4.
The purpose of this study was to investigate spirituality and attitudes toward death among rural and urban elderly. We asked 134 older adults from rural areas and 128 from urban areas to complete a self-administrated questionnaire including the Spiritual Self-assessment Scale and Death Attitude Scale. The fear and anxiety of death, escape acceptance, natural acceptance, approach acceptance, and death avoidance scores of older adults living in rural areas were higher than those living in urban areas. The construction of social infrastructure and medical care should be strengthened in rural areas so as to improve older adults' attitudes toward death.
本研究旨在探讨农村和城市老年人的灵性和死亡态度。我们要求 134 名农村地区的老年人和 128 名城市地区的老年人填写一份自我管理的问卷，其中包括灵性自我评估量表和死亡态度量表。农村地区老年人对死亡的恐惧和焦虑、逃避接受、自然接受、接近接受和回避死亡的得分均高于城市地区老年人。农村地区应加强社会基础设施和医疗保健建设，以改善老年人的死亡态度。
