The systematic review shows a significant link between COVID-19 and heightened death anxiety among individuals aged 50 and above. Negative attitudes to death can harm physical and mental health, diminish life satisfaction, increase avoidance behaviour, impair coping mechanism and undermine end-of-life decision making. Findings underscore the need for further research into risk and protective factors (personal, health, and environmental) and the importance of standardized data collection to guide interventions and public health strategies aimed at mitigating death anxiety.
Keyphrases
- mental health
- systematic review
- public health
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- meta analyses
- physical activity
- decision making
- healthcare
- mental illness
- sleep quality
- depressive symptoms
- randomized controlled trial
- electronic health record
- deep learning
- human health
- machine learning
- artificial intelligence
- health information