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Comparative Study
| Published: September 25, 2015
Effect of Psychological well being, Death Anxiety and Depression On curable & Incurable Disease Patients
Head & Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Yogiji Maharaj Mahavidyalaya, Dhari Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.008/20150204
DOI: 10.25215/0204.008
ABSTRACT
The present study has been designed to investigate the difference of psychological well- being, death anxiety, depression between incurable and curable diseases patients. The study was conducted over a sample of eighty patients both incurable diseases patients and curable diseases patients. All participates were administered the psychological well- being scale, death anxiety scale and depression scale. Data was analyzed using t-test. The results reported that exists a statistically significant difference in psychological well-being between incurable and curable diseases patients. As regarding the death anxiety in curable diseases patients was not different significantly from that of patients with incurable diseases. Significant difference is also observed between incurable diseases and curable diseases patients as regarding to their level of depression.
Keywords
Diseases, patients, curable diseases, incurable diseases, death anxiety, depression, psychological well- being
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© 2015 I K Vaghela
Received: June 19, 2015; Revision Received: July 22, 2015; Accepted: September 25, 2015
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ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.008/20150204
10.25215/0204.008
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Published in Volume 02, Issue 4, July-September, 2015