https://ojs.svako.lt/TMT/issue/feed 2024-10-22T16:08:26+03:00 Dr. Silvija Papaurėlytė-Klovienė s.papaurelyte@svako.lt Open Journal Systems <p>The journal “Applied Scientific Research” is a registered periodical peer-reviewed scientific journal of Šiaulių valstybinė kolegija / Higher Education Institution, Lithuania, published since 2022. Its uniqueness among other scientific journals is its orientation towards the results of original applied research. The focus is on the high international scientific level, the aim is to attract the solid publications of Lithuanian and foreign researchers.</p> <p>From 2022 all articles of the journal are registered in the international scientific information database - <strong>Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)</strong> <a href="https://doaj.org/">https://doaj.org/</a> </p> <p>From 2023 all articles of the journal are registered in <strong>Index Copernicus</strong> (ICI World of Papers) database of scientific articles: <a href="https://journals.indexcopernicus.com/">https://journals.indexcopernicus.com</a> Articles are searched by author, key words or article title: <a href="https://journals.indexcopernicus.com/article/search">https://journals.indexcopernicus.com/article/search</a></p> <p>This is an open access journal, which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.</p> <p>Articles submitted for publication can be uploaded in this system or sent by e-mail <a href="mailto:s.papaurelyte@svako.lt">s.papaurelyte@svako.lt</a></p> https://ojs.svako.lt/TMT/article/view/317 2024-10-22T16:08:26+03:00 Kristina Bulkina kristina@gmail.com Vilma Žydžiūnaitė v.zydziunaite@kvk.lt

<p>Summary <br>Fear of death occurs when elderly and old patients (EOPs) are faced with life-threatening events <br>or extreme psychological stress. For most, anticipation of death triggers negative emotions such as <br>the fear of losing of oneself, helplessness, and a loss of control. Fear of death is one of the most <br>prevalent psychiatric consequences of chronic health conditions. Nurses face challenges in caring for <br>EOPs ill with chronic cardiovascular diseases (CCVDs) snd this is related to high emotional stress <br>and fatigue associated with constant monitoring of patients and managing their anxiety and fears. <br>Fear of death is a common concern among EOP with CCVDs. There is relatively little research that <br>examines the relationship between EOPs ’CCVDs and experienced fear of death phenomena from the <br>perspective of nurses. Research question, to which the answer was sought was ‘How do nurses de<br>scribe the symptoms, signs of fear of death among EOPs ’ill with CCVDs and how they recognise the <br>features of patients ’fear of death?’ A total of 15 nurses had participated in the study. Data were <br>collected by using semi-structured interviews. The manifest qualitative content analysis for data anal<br>ysis were applied. Findings revealed that the related emotional/psychological, physiological and be<br>havioural changes were observed by nurses and the characteristics for recognising the feeling of death <br>in patients were identified. Characteristics of EOPs ill with CCVDs and experiencing fear of death <br>are related to changes in emotions, behaviour and physical/physiological symptoms/signs that are <br>interrelated with their emotional state. The social, spiritual and creative needs of patients are intensi<br>fied while they experience fear of death.</p>

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