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Thus, our aim was to investigate the prevalence and determinants of death anxiety among the oldest old in Germany during the Covid\u201019 pandemic.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Cross\u2010sectional data were taken from the \u2018Old Age in Germany\u2019 (D80+) study. This is a large, nationwide representative study including individuals 80\u2009years and over living at home and individuals in institutionalised settings (\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20099542 individuals in the analytic sample).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Overall, 30% of the respondents reported the absence of death anxiety, 45.5% reported a rather not strong death anxiety, 20.2% reported a rather strong death anxiety, and 4.3% reported a very strong death anxiety. Linear regressions revealed that higher death anxiety was significantly associated with being female (\u03b2\u2009=\u20090.21,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.01), younger age (\u03b2\u2009=\u2009\u22120.02,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001), being married (\u03b2\u2009=\u20090.09,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001), high education (compared to low education, \u03b2\u2009=\u20090.07,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.05), the presence of meaning in life (\u03b2\u2009=\u20090.13,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001), higher loneliness levels (\u03b2\u2009=\u20090.18,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001), the presence of multimorbidity (\u03b2\u2009=\u20090.07,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.05), and poorer self\u2010rated health (\u03b2\u2009=\u2009\u22120.07,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001). A further analysis showed that probable depression (\u03b2\u2009=\u20090.31,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001) is also associated with higher death anxiety.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>About one in four individuals had a strong or very strong fear of death during the pandemic. Several sociodemographic, psychosocial, and health\u2010related factors are associated with higher death anxiety. This better understanding of the determinants of death anxiety can be relevant for, among others, the affected individuals, informal and professional carers, as well as friends and relatives.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/psyg.13200","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,6]],"date-time":"2024-10-06T19:33:17Z","timestamp":1728243197000},"page":"1347-1355","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Death anxiety among the oldest old in\n                    <scp>Germany<\/scp>\n                    . 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