Abstract：
Comorbidities due to aging and the COVID-19 pandemic together are expected to cause death anxiety among older adults. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of death anxiety and its impact on psychological well-being and successful aging of older adults with chronic illness. A cross-sectional correlational survey was conducted on 79 older adults with chronic illness, drawn with a stratified random sampling method. Self-report measures were used to assess death anxiety, psychological well-being, and successful aging. A high prevalence of death anxiety was reported among older adults. Psychological well-being and successful aging in these older adults were significantly and negatively associated with death anxiety. Further, death anxiety showed substantial predictive valence for psychological well-being and successful aging of older adults with chronic illness. Findings strongly advocate and call for timely intervention programs for chronically ill older adults to reduce their death anxiety for enhanced psychological well-being and promote successful aging.
摘要：
由于衰老和COVID-19大流行导致的合并症预计会导致老年人的死亡焦虑。这项研究旨在评估死亡焦虑的患病率及其对患有慢性病的老年人的心理健康和成功衰老的影响。对79名患有慢性病的老年人进行了横断面相关调查，采用分层随机抽样方法绘制。自我报告测量用于评估死亡焦虑，心理健康，和成功的衰老。据报道，老年人中死亡焦虑的患病率很高。这些老年人的心理健康和成功衰老与死亡焦虑显著负相关。Further,死亡焦虑对患有慢性疾病的老年人的心理健康和成功衰老具有显著的预测价值.研究结果强烈主张并呼吁对患有慢性病的老年人进行及时的干预计划，以减少他们的死亡焦虑，以增强心理健康并促进成功衰老。
