Ali Mohammadpour|Leila Sadeghmoghadam|Habib Shareinia|Somayeh Jahani|Fatemeh Amiri
Investigating the role of perception of aging and associated factors in death anxiety among the elderly
Gonabad University of Medical Sciences|Gonabad University of Medical Sciences|Gonabad University of Medical Sciences
worlds growing elderly population highlights necessity attention psychological problems elderly death anxiety analysis elderlys perception aging associated factors contribute prediction future physical mental health purpose study determine relationship perception aging group demographic factors death anxiety elderly living gonabad iranthis analytical descriptive study conducted 330 elderly residents gonabad selected stratified random sampling research tools standard demographic questionnaire barkers brief aging perceptions questionnaire collettlester fear death scale data collected interview respondents home data analysis carried spss 16 using descriptive statistics analysis variance pearsons test independent ttest linear regressionrespondents mean age 7397768 years 424 respondents men 576 women total barkers brief aging perceptions questionnaire score 6318875 highest score 1710470 associated negative consequences control total collettlester fear death scale score 1281480 highest score 3513406 pertaining subscale fear peoples death regression results indicated death anxiety score predictable according age dimensions perception aging except consequences negative control dimensionage perception aging good predictors death anxiety authors recommend research determinants death anxiety elderly development comprehensive care plan reduce anxiety among iranian elderly