Preventive Care in Nursing and Midwifery Journal
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aligholipour M, Babaivahed N, Costeira C, Hanifi N. Death Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Hybrid Concept Analysis. Prev Care Nurs Midwifery J 2026; 16 (2) :97-117
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Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health and Metabolic Diseases Research Institute, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran , nasrinhanifi@gmail.com
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Background: Death anxiety is a distressing fear related to Death or the dying process, shaped by sociocultural and individual factors. During acute global health crises such as COVID-19, this anxiety may intensify and assume context-specific characteristics.
Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the concept of death anxiety during COVID-19 and develop a conceptual definition using Schwartz-Barcott and Kim's hybrid model of concept analysis.
Methods: A hybrid concept analysis with three phases (theoretical, fieldwork, analytical) was conducted. The theoretical phase reviewed literature from electronic databases, yielding 67 articles for analysis. The fieldwork phase involved semi-structured interviews with 14 COVID-19 survivors. The analytical phase integrated these findings to develop a comprehensive conceptual definition.
Results: Hybrid concept analysis identified death anxiety during COVID-19 as a multidimensional response involving emotional impairment and faith-anger struggle. Key antecedents included information chaos and social isolation, while consequences ranged from psychological distress to transformative outcomes like rebirth and spiritual integration.
Conclusion: Grounded in Schwartz-Barcott and Kim's model, this analysis reveals death anxiety as a multidimensional phenomenon with a dual trajectory of consequences, from psychological distress to transformative "rebirth", within the Iranian context.
Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the concept of death anxiety during COVID-19 and develop a conceptual definition using Schwartz-Barcott and Kim's hybrid model of concept analysis.
Methods: A hybrid concept analysis with three phases (theoretical, fieldwork, analytical) was conducted. The theoretical phase reviewed literature from electronic databases, yielding 67 articles for analysis. The fieldwork phase involved semi-structured interviews with 14 COVID-19 survivors. The analytical phase integrated these findings to develop a comprehensive conceptual definition.
Results: Hybrid concept analysis identified death anxiety during COVID-19 as a multidimensional response involving emotional impairment and faith-anger struggle. Key antecedents included information chaos and social isolation, while consequences ranged from psychological distress to transformative outcomes like rebirth and spiritual integration.
Conclusion: Grounded in Schwartz-Barcott and Kim's model, this analysis reveals death anxiety as a multidimensional phenomenon with a dual trajectory of consequences, from psychological distress to transformative "rebirth", within the Iranian context.
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