Death anxiety in students of medical emergency and emergency technicians of Sabzevar in 1392

The death anxiety is defined as the fear of your death and others. The students of medical emergency and emergency technicians are encountered with the scenes of sudden death and sometimes terrifying scenes more than other people. This research was done to study the death anxiety and its related factors. The study examined the death anxiety in students of medical emergencies and emergency technicians performed.
The present cross-sectional study was done on 157 students in Sabzevar, 75 emergency technicians and 82 emergency medical students. Sampling was done using enumeration and gathering information took place by a two-part questionnaire including demographic characteristics and Templer’s standard questionnaire of death anxiety. The data was analyzed by using T-test, correlation and regression.
The results showed that there’s a significant difference (p=0.000) between the medical emergency students’ mean score of death anxiety (6.2±41.24) and the emergency technicians (7.6±27.26). The mean score has also a significant statistical relationship with the students’ marital status, employment status, educational certification, age and occupation (student/ technician; p=0.000), but in emergency technicians, the mean score didn’t have a significant statistical relationship with the parents’s (p Since the death anxiety is impressive on the medical personnel’s’ performance and health, it’s vital to pay attention to its spread level and presenting the modification solutions. The supportive systems of emergency and emergency medical teams should step in the process and the techniques of dealing with stress and anxiety should also be trained.