Abstract:
BACKGROUND:
Stress, depression and anxiety are common lifelong experiences, but negative feelings can make some people feel depressed and wonder where they belong in the world. Psychologists and therapists have been researching the concept of an existential concerns for decades and people who suffer from existential concerns are troubled by questions about their life's meaning, autonomy and freedom. Extremely advanced capacities for cognitive processing, self-awareness, emotional experience and behavioural adaptability force individuals to confront questions about identity, culture, meaning and purpose.
OBJECTIVE: To find out the level of Existential Concerns in Chronically ill patients.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present study was aimed at studying the levels of Existential concerns among chronically ill patients- HIV, Heart, Cancer and Diabetics by using the scale developed by Dr. Upinder Dhar and Dr. Santosh Dhar.The sample size comprised of 104 chronically ill participants from Belagavi District, Karnataka.
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Percentage method was applied.
RESULTS: The findings of the study show that 87.50% of participants had high level of existential concerns, revealing majority of the participants had high level of existential concerns.
CONCLUSION: The level of Existential Concerns is high in Chronically Ill patients.
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Patil, S., & Nadaf, D. Y. A. (2023). A Study On Existential Concerns Among Chronically Ill Patients. International Journal for Research Trends and Innovation, 8(8), 220 - 222. https://ijrti.org/viewpaperforall.php?paper=IJRTI2308037
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Patil, Shweta, and Dr.Yasmin A Nadaf. "A Study On Existential Concerns Among Chronically Ill Patients." International Journal for Research Trends and Innovation, vol. 8, no. 8, 2023, pp. 220 - 222, https://ijrti.org/viewpaperforall.php?paper=IJRTI2308037.
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Patil, Shweta, and Dr.Yasmin A Nadaf. "A Study On Existential Concerns Among Chronically Ill Patients." International Journal for Research Trends and Innovation 8, no. 8 (2023): 220 - 222. https://ijrti.org/viewpaperforall.php?paper=IJRTI2308037.
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Patil, S. and Nadaf, D.Y.A. (2023) 'A Study On Existential Concerns Among Chronically Ill Patients', International Journal for Research Trends and Innovation, 8(8), pp. 220 - 222. Available at: https://ijrti.org/viewpaperforall.php?paper=IJRTI2308037
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S. Patil and D. Y. A. Nadaf, "A Study On Existential Concerns Among Chronically Ill Patients," IJRTI, vol. 8, no. 8, pp. 220 - 222, Aug. 2023.
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Patil S, Nadaf DYA. A Study On Existential Concerns Among Chronically Ill Patients. IJRTI. 2023 Aug;8(8):220 - 222.
AMA — 11th edition
Patil S, Nadaf DYA. A Study On Existential Concerns Among Chronically Ill Patients. IJRTI. 2023;8(8):220 - 222. Accessed at https://ijrti.org/viewpaperforall.php?paper=IJRTI2308037
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@article{IJRTI2308037,
author = {Shweta Patil and Dr.Yasmin A Nadaf},
title = {A Study On Existential Concerns Among Chronically Ill Patients},
journal = {International Journal for Research Trends and Innovation},
volume = {8},
number = {8},
pages = {220 - 222},
year = {2023},
month = {August},
issn = {2456-3315},
url = {https://ijrti.org/viewpaperforall.php?paper=IJRTI2308037}
}
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T2 - International Journal for Research Trends and Innovation
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