ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2025
The association between death anxiety and nutrition awareness in elderly hospitalized patients: a dual-perspective analysis from person-centered and variable-centered approaches based on future time perspective.
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Background: With the acceleration of global population aging, psychological health issues among elderly hospitalized patients have become increasingly prominent. Death anxiety, as a key psychological experience of existential threat, is associated with psychological adaptation challenges in older adults and may be related to health behavior intentions. Nutrition awareness is a critical factor in promoting rehabilitation and healthy aging; however, the associations between death anxiety and nutrition awareness, as well as potential psychological pathways, remain understudied. Objective: This study aims to examine the associations among death anxiety, future time perspective, and nutrition awareness, while identifying group heterogeneity through latent profile analysis. Methods: This study employed a cross-sectional design, recruiting elderly hospitalized patients ( Results: Death anxiety was significantly and positively associated with both future time perspective and nutrition awareness. Future time perspective demonstrated a significant indirect effect in the relationship between death anxiety and nutrition awareness, suggesting a partial mediation pattern. Latent profile analysis identified three distinct subgroups: "low death anxiety-low future time perspective," "moderate death anxiety-moderate future time perspective," and "high death anxiety-high future time perspective," with the latter group demonstrating the highest levels of nutrition awareness. Conclusion: Under the moderating influence of future time perspective, death anxiety can be transformed into a positive psychological driver for health-promoting behaviors. Enhancing future orientation and sense of life meaning in elderly patients can convert anxious emotions into motivation for health management, providing a scientific basis for individualized psychological-nutritional interventions.
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