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The present study aimed to explore quality of life and death anxiety among patients with cancer and non-cancer participants. Between group research design was used in the present research. This study was conducted on 105 patients with cancer and 95 non-cancer participants. Data of patients with cancer was collected from the outdoor as well as indoor departments of Oncology of 3 teaching hospitals and 2 private hospitals and 3 private clinics. The patient’s population was taken after complete diagnosis by respective doctors while the non-cancer participants were taken from the community. Death anxiety was measured through the Leming fear of death anxiety scale, (Leming, 1980) and Quality of life was assessed with the help of World Health Organization quality of life scale- BREF (World Health Organization, 1991). Cancer and non-cancer participants groups were matched on age, gender, education, socioeconomic status, occupation, and religion. The results of t-test indicated that cancer patients had higher level of death anxiety while significance difference between the Quality of life among patients with cancer and non-cancer participants except social relationships. Using one way ANOVA, significant differences of death anxiety were found on the basis of level of religiosity among Patients with cancer and non-cancer participants were found in which patients with cancer had greater level of death anxiety as compared to non-cancer participants while opposite was true for level of religiosity. The results were discussed in the light of previous literature and theoretical background.

Faiza Safdar, Nosheen K. Rahman. (2016) QUALITY OF LIFE AND DEATH ANXIETY AMONG PATIENTS WITH CANCER AND NONCANCER PARTICIPANTS, Pakistan Journal of Professional Psychology Research and Practice, Volume 7 No.1, Volume 7.
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