A survey of uncertainty in illness state and its influential factors in patients with lung cancer in Changsha
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2009.24.002
- VernacularTitle:肺癌患者疾病不确定感及其影响因素的研究
- Author:
Mi-Ning LIANG
1
;
Le-Zhi LI
;
Yan-Qun LI
;
Ruo-Ling SHEN
;
Lu DENG
Author Information
1. 中南大学
- Keywords:
Lung neoplasms;
Uncertainty in illness;
Influencing factors;
Questionnaires
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2009;15(24):2353-2356
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate uncertainty in illness state and its influential factors in patients with lung cancer. Methods A total of 280 hospitalized patients with lung cancer were evaluated with the scales of the demographic data and the Mishel's Chinese version of uncertainty in illness. Results Totally 280 qualified questionnaires were obtained, and the rate for response was 93. 3%. The total score of the uncertainty in illness was (105.15?2. 66); There was a significant difference of the score of the uncertainty in illness among different occupation groups, smoking status, self-uncomfortable level of disease groups, self-knowing of suffering from lung cancer groups, different treatment groups, different degree of social support groups, different religious belief groups; Religious beliefs influent the sense of uncertainty in illness in Patients with Lung Cancer. Conclusions There is a high degree of uncertainty in illness in patients with lung cancer; Lung cancer patients with different features have different levels of uncertainty in illness; Religious beliefs influent the sense of uncertainty in illness in Patients with Lung Cancer.
