The Mediating Role of Spiritual Well‐Being in the Relationship Between Spiritual Care Needs and Death Anxiety Among Coronary Intensive Care Patients

Abstract

Patients hospitalised in coronary intensive care units often experience heightened existential distress, including increased spiritual care needs and death anxiety. Spiritual well‐being has been suggested as a key protective factor that may alleviate death‐related anxiety in critically ill populations; however, the mechanisms underlying these relationships remain insufficiently explored.