Correlated study of hope level and social support among gastrointestinal cancer patients
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2009.05.005
- VernacularTitle:胃肠道癌症患者的希望水平与社会支持的相关性研究
- Author:
Ni-Na ZHANG
1
;
Bei-Wen WU
;
Xiao-Xia QIU
;
YU-Hua YANG
Author Information
1. 上海交通大学
- Keywords:
Gastrointestinal neoplasms;
Hope;
Social Support;
Questionnaires
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2009;15(5):413-416
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To study the relationship of hope level and social support of gastrointestinal cancer patients, and to investigate the effective measures to improve their hope. Methods Questionnaires were filled in by 201 gastrointestinal cancer patients and descriptive correlative study was used. Results The level of hope among those patients was from medium to high. Social support of gastrointestinal cancer patients was aignificantly higher than that of healthy people. Positively correlation was found between social support and level of hope of gastrointestinal cancer patient(r=0.154 ,P<0.05). Conclusions Social support was closely related to the level of hope of gastrointestinal cancer patients. Nurses should pay attention to the effect of social support system to improve their level of hope.
