Study of Death Anxiety in persons Living with early and advance stage of HIV/AIDS.

Abstract

Aim of this Study wasto investigate difference betweenDeath Anxiety in persons Living with early and advance stage of HIV/AIDS.The study involved 100 participants Confirmed diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, recruited from healthcare clinics, support groups, and community organizations. 18-25 age group (25 male-25 females) 50 Individuals Living with EarlyStage of HIV/AIDS and (25 male-25 females) 50 Individuals Living with Advance Stage of HIV/AIDSwere selected by purposive and convenience sampling in Kolkata city of West-Bengal. Death anxiety Scale by Giridhar P. Thakur and Manju Thakur (TDAS) 1986 was administrated on sample to collect data for study.Data of the study were analysed by central tendencies Mean (M), Standard deviation (S.D.) and to find significant difference between t-test and critical ration. Results concluded that there is no significant gender difference between Death Anxiety of persons living with Early and Advance Stage of HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and there is a significant difference betweenDeath Anxiety of person living with Early Stage and Advance Stage of HIV/AIDS (PLWHA),Persons living with Early-Stage of HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) suffer from death anxiety more than persons living with Advance Stage of HIV/AIDS (PLWHA).