Influencing factors of attitudes towards death and demands for death education among community-dwelling Chinese older adults: a cross-sectional study

Table 5 Results of multiple linear regression of attitudes toward death among community-dwelling older adults

Death attitudes	Variables	B	SD	β	t	p	Tolerance	VIF	F	P
FD	Constant	20.08	0.36		55.74	< 0.001			6.10	< 0.001
	Not sick	-1.55	0.59	-0.12	-2.64	< 0.05	0.96	1.04
	Remarried	-3.97	1.76	-0.10	-2.25	< 0.05	1.00	1.00
	No discussion about life and death	-0.98	0.49	-0.09	-2.00	< 0.05	0.96	1.04
DA	Constant	15.02	0.21		70.55	< 0.001			9.33	< 0.001
	Not sick	-1.25	0.40	-0.15	-3.14	< 0.01	0.93	1.08
	Two diseases	0.84	0.42	0.09	2.01	< 0.05	0.93	1.08
NAD	Constant	17.40	0.21		66.30	< 0.001			17.06	< 0.001
NAD	No discussion about life and death	-1.15	0.28	-0.16	-4.13	< 0.001	1.00	1.00
AAD	Constant	27.31	0.34		79.34	< 0.001			14.82	< 0.001
AAD	Discussion about life and death	2.01	0.52	-0.15	3.85	< 0.001	1.00	1.00
EAD	Constant	14.37	0.26		55.41	< 0.001			10.39	< 0.001
	Not sick	-1.24	0.39	-0.15	-3.18	< 0.01	0.96	1.04
	Discussion about life and death	1.10	0.33	0.15	3.35	< 0.01	0.96	1.05
	Average income per month over 750 $	-1.02	0.41	-0.11	-2.52	< 0.05	0.99	1.01

Note: B unstandardized coefficient, SD standard deviation, β standardized coefficient, t test statistics of each variable, p test significance level of each variable, VIF Variance Inflation Factor, F test statistics of each regression equation, P test significance level of each regression equation, FD Fear of Death, DA Death Avoidance, NAD Neutral Acceptance of Death, AAD Approach Acceptance of Death, EAD Escape Acceptance of Death

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