中国大陆农村老年人死亡前景:一种定性研究
Yunyi Peng1,2, Xiaoting Zheng1, Yongqi Huang1
1School of Nursing, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Death studies
|May 13, 2025
概括
中国农村的老年人经常避免讨论死亡,并经历焦虑. 未来的干预措施应鼓励考虑和表达改善生命终端质量的偏好.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 了解老年人群对死亡的看法对于制定有针对性的终身护理策略至关重要.
- 中国大陆的农村老年人代表了具有独特文化和社会背景的重要人口,影响了他们对死亡率的看法.
研究的目的:
- 探索中国大陆农村老年人对死亡的态度,生命终结的偏好和死亡教育需求.
- 确定影响这一特定人口群体对死亡的认知和接受的关键主题.
主要方法:
- 一项使用半结构面试的定性研究,对中国广州的18名农村老年人进行了半结构面试.
- 通过NVivo 12.0软件,对面试数据进行主题分析,以确定反复出现的模式和主题.
主要成果:
- 三个主要主题出现了:对死亡的态度 (缺乏沉思,接受与焦虑,避免讨论),生命结束偏好 (定义良好的死亡,死亡地点,避免过度复苏的愿望) 和死亡教育需求 (参与,内容和格式).
- 结果表明,参与者普遍缺乏对死亡的思考,避免讨论死亡,以及一定程度的死亡焦虑.
结论:
- 中国农村的老年人需要与死亡有关的专门干预措施,以鼓励人们思考和表达生命结束的愿望.
- 提高这个群体的死亡能力和提高死亡质量,需要解决他们的特定需求和焦虑.
- 未来的研究应该专注于为农村老龄化人口开发文化敏感的死亡教育计划.
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