THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMOR STYLE AND DEATH ANXIETY OF PALLIATIVE CARE PATIENTS

Authors : Tuğba MENEKLİ, Runida DOĞAN

Pages : 369-379

Doi:10.33457/ijhsrp.996104

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Publication Date : 2021-12-29

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective: This descriptive and relational study was conducted to examine the relationship between palliative care patients` humor styles and death anxiety. Materials and methods: The study sample consisted of 282 palliative care patients treated in the palliative care clinics of a training and research hospital between January 2021 and August 2021. Personal Information Form, Humor Styles Questionnaire insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HSQ);, Thorson-Powell Death Anxiety Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TPDAS); and Palliative Performance Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PPS); were used as data collection instruments. Data analysis was performed in SPSS 25.0 software using mean, standard deviation and percentile, Kolmogorov-Smirnov Goodness-of-Fit Test, Significance test of difference between two means, ANOVA, Post-hoc test, Pearson`s Correlation test and regression analysis. The principles of the Declaration of Helsinki were followed in the study, ethics committee approval and institutional permission were obtained. Results: It was found that the mean age of the patients was 49.58±9.56 and 52.1% were hospitalized in the palliative care clinic for 5-10 days. It was determined that the most frequently used humor style by the patients was “Affiliative Humor” insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(31.7%);, and the least used humor style was “Aggressive Humor” insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(19.5%);. The Humor Styles Questionnaire insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HSQ); subscale scores of the patients were determined as 31.05±7.11, self-enhancing humor 28.34 ± 6.94, aggressive humor 26.85±7.37, self-defeating humor 23.50± 6.21. The death anxiety scale mean scores of the patients were found to be 81.62±9.12. In addition, a low negative correlation was found between affiliative humor insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r=-0.298; p<0.05); and self-enhancing humor insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r=-0.318; p<0.05); and death anxiety. A moderate positive correlation was found between aggressive humor insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r=0.450; p<0.05); and self-defeating humor insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r=0.427; p<0.05); and death anxiety. Conclusion: The result of the study revealed that humor is an important variable associated with death anxiety and the way humor is used by patients differs in death anxiety.
Keywords : Palliative Care, Patient, Humor Style, Death Anxiety