Association among Death Anxiety, Quality of Life and Spirituality in Hemodialysis Patients; A Systematic Review

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Razma Mazhar
Khalid Mahmood Bhatti

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Hemodialysis defined as the effective procedure dealing with renal failure patients. It helps patients to function properly which ultimately enhances their life-span. The review explored the association among death anxiety, quality of life and spirituality in hemodialysis patients. For this, 141 articles were examined initially and then finally 19 articles were finalized. The review included studies from 2013 to Sep 2023. The review comprised one qualitative and 18 quantitative studies. The review extracted four theme (i) spirituality the main factor associated with death anxiety (ii) dialysis patients experienced anxiety (iii) spirituality lessens death anxiety and improves quality of life (iv) kidney disease leads to death anxiety. The review claimed that spirituality showers positive influence on patient’s psychological health. It specified that enhancing spiritual based programs in hospitals and promoting spiritual knowledge to patient lessens their death related anxiety and enhances quality of life.

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Mazhar, R., & Bhatti , K. M. (2024). Association among Death Anxiety, Quality of Life and Spirituality in Hemodialysis Patients; A Systematic Review. Pakistan Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 5(1), 1-13. Retrieved from https://pjmr.org/pjmr/article/view/445
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