THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEATH OBSESSION AND DEATH ANXIETY, WITH HOPE AMONG THE NURSING STUDENTS OF URMIA MEDICAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY

Death, an inevitable concept that associates with human being all the time, can
cause significant anxiety in every individual. Literature suggests that some medical professionals
choose the field because of their own inner struggles with the notion of death. The present research
aimed to examine the relationship between hope level with death obsession and death anxiety in
nursing students.
Materials & Methods: 175 nursing students (101 females, 74 males) had been chosen through random
stratified sampling method from Medical Sciences University nursing college students, and they were
assessed by Hope Scale (HS), Death Obsessive Scale (DOS) and Death Anxiety Scale (DAS). The
data was analyzed using correlation and stepwise regression analysis method.
Results: Findings showed that there was significant negative relationship between hope and death
rumination, death dominance, death idea repetition and death anxiety. Also there was significant
positive relationship between death anxiety with death rumination, death dominance and death idea
repetition. The regression analysis showed that death anxiety and death idea repetition were able to
predict 22/8 percent of the variance of hope between nursing students.
Conclusion: The result of this research emphasizes the need for recognizing the role of hope in
decreasing negative death attitude