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Hope in cancer patients: the relational domain as a crucial factor
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Aims and background Hope is crucial for patients with cancer. We explored the determinants of hope in patients with cancer using a questionnaire administered over the course of 1 day to an unselected sample of patients at an Italian cancer center. Methods A team of oncologists, statisticians, and chaplains developed a questionnaire with medical, psychological, spiritual, and religious content. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 320 patients who answered the questionnaire. Results In the group of participants, 92.8% had a religious belief. Women, patients with limited formal education, and believers were more hopeful. Patients placed trust in God, their partners and children, scientific research, and doctors. On univariate and multivariate analysis, hope was found sensitive to patients' sharing their experiences with others (including family and friends), their positive perception of the people around them, and their relationship with doctors and nurses. Conclusions If validated in further studies, these results support the notion that a patient with cancer's sense of hope is sensitive to the quality of relationships with caregivers. This may be important to health care organization and resource allocation.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty
Cross-sectional study
MEDLINE
Psycho-oncology
Friends
Domain (software engineering)
Hope
Interpersonal relationship
Sex Factors
Quality of life (healthcare)
Neoplasms
Surveys and Questionnaires
Adaptation, Psychological
medicine
Humans
Family
Interpersonal Relations
In patient
Psychiatry
Aged
Physician-Patient Relations
business.industry
Cancer
Professional-Patient Relations
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Religion
Cross-Sectional Studies
Caregivers
Oncology
Family medicine
Oncology, hope, cancer patients
Educational Status
Female
cancer patients
Nurse-Patient Relations
business
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b3b6a8da8260178617662410fda795a5