%0 Journal Article
%T Incidence of Death Anxiety in Palliative Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
%A Hu SQ
%A Tang W
%A Zhang WQ
%A Chen HL
%A Shen WQ
%J Omega (Westport)
%V 0
%N 0
%D May 2022 24
%M 35609222
%F 2.602
%R 10.1177/00302228221104298
%X Objective: To explore the incidence of death anxiety in palliative care patients, find some existing and potential causes, and put forward suggestions. Methods: Publication bias, sensitivity analysis, subgroup analysis, and regression analysis were also conducted to explore the sources of the heterogeneity in our analysis. Results: The 607 studies were obtained, and 20 studies were included after reading the articles and quality evaluation. The incidence of death anxiety in patients was 0.44 (95%CI:0.38,0.51, p < 0.001). and heterogeneity was significant (I2 = 98.2%, p < 0.001). In the test of regression analysis, the average age (I2 = 98.15%, R2 = - 6.99%, p < 0.001); in gender (I2 = 97.84%, R2 = 1.14%, p < 0.001), its heterogeneity was also significant. Conclusion: The incidence of death anxiety is relatively high. More often occur in elderly female patients. This requires more attention to life itself rather than death.