One of the many problems cancer patients experience is death anxiety. This descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the relationship between authenticity and death anxiety in cancer patients. The participants were 172 cancer patients who referred to medical centers in southeast Iran. The data were collected using authenticity inventory, and death and dying anxiety scale. There was a negative correlation between authenticity and death anxiety, i.e. patients who indicated higher authenticity scores showed lower levels of death anxiety. It seems that developing a comprehensive care program for increasing awareness of authenticity in patients, may be effective in reducing patient death anxiety.

癌症患者经历的众多问题之一是死亡焦虑。这项描述性分析性横断面研究旨在调查癌症患者的真实性和死亡焦虑之间的关系。参与者是 172 名转诊到伊朗东南部医疗中心的癌症患者。数据是使用真实性清单以及死亡和临终焦虑量表收集的。真实性与死亡焦虑呈负相关，即真实性得分较高的患者死亡焦虑水平较低。似乎制定全面的护理计划以提高患者对真实性的认识，可能会有效减少患者的死亡焦虑。