A Study of Death Anxiety in Gastrointestinal Disorders

The study was conducted on 100 patients. The patients were selected with co-operation from medical practitioner attached with government hospitals and private nursing home situated in Jaunpur city and its neighboring areas. The patients were randomly selected were administered Thakur Death Anxiety Scale developed by Thakur and Thakur (1984). Results reveal that gastrointestinal patients are much more death anxiety ridden as compared to their normal counterparts.