The Relationship Between Preoperative Cyberchondria Levels and Death Anxiety of Liver Donors
Remziye Cіcі
Hitit University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Department of Surgical Diseases Nursing, Turkey
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Esra Anuş Topdemіr
Dicle University, Atatürk Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Diyarbakir, Turkey
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Esra Anuş Topdemіr ([email protected])
Search for more papers by this authorGürkan Kapıkıran
Malatya Turgut Ozal University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Emergency Aid and Disaster Management, Malatya, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorRemziye Cіcі
Hitit University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Department of Surgical Diseases Nursing, Turkey
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Esra Anuş Topdemіr
Dicle University, Atatürk Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Diyarbakir, Turkey
Correspondence:
Esra Anuş Topdemіr ([email protected])
Search for more papers by this authorGürkan Kapıkıran
Malatya Turgut Ozal University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Emergency Aid and Disaster Management, Malatya, Turkey
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ABSTRACT
This descriptive and correlational study aimed to investigate the relationship between preoperative levels of cyberchondria and death anxiety in liver donors. It was conducted with 158 liver transplant donors hospitalized in the organ transplant clinics of a Liver Transplant Institute in eastern Turkey. The total score for the death anxiety scale was high (9.97 ± 2.29), while the cyberchondria scale had a moderate mean total score (44.98 ± 5.86). A moderately significant positive correlation was observed between the total scores of the death anxiety and cyberchondria scales (r: 0.427, p: 0.000). The death anxiety variable was found to account for 18% of the cyberchondric tendencies observed in the donors (R2: 0.182). It was observed that individuals who became living donors while still alive and without any problems experienced high levels of death anxiety. In this situation, donors conducted their research on the internet, resulting in above-average levels of cyberchondria and the training and information provided by the transplant teams. Effective donor education and psychosocial support can reduce both death anxiety and cyberchondric tendencies in liver transplant donors.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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Data Availability Statement
The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions.
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