A Theoretical Model of Hope Enhancing the Cancer Patients just after Surgery: Realistic Hope.
- Author:
Dal Sook KIM
1
;
In Sook PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, ChungNam National University, Korea. dskim@cnu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Cancer patients just after surgery;
Enhancing hope;
Theoretical model;
Realistic hope
- MeSH:
Cues;
Hope*;
Humans;
Logic;
Models, Theoretical*;
Uncertainty
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Adult Nursing
2006;18(1):115-121
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to propose a theoretical model of hope commonly held by the cancer patients just after surgery, under the assumptions that hope of those patients is not only realistic and disease oriented but in dialectical circulation. METHOD: A theoretical model was generated through 4 steps: exploring a hope structure by synthesizing the relevant hope structures expressed in Kim and Tae's studies, in-depth literature review, examining the meanings of the concepts consisted of the structure in use and their causal relations in logical adequacy, proposing a theoretical structure through synthesizing the causal relations, and diagramming the structure. RESULTS: The proposed theoretical model involves concepts such as Cancer Related Uncertainty (CRU), Efforts to Find out the Possibility of Cure or Recovery (EFPCR), and Hopefulness or Hopelessness. The 'EFPCR' is stipulated as 'Behaviors Related to Looking for Evidences or Cues (BRLEC)' and 'Formation of Cognitive Schema (FCS)'. In the model, Hopefulness is directly influenced by 'CRU in low', which is affected by 'FCS in good' from the result of EFPCR started with 'CRU in increase' while 'CRU with increase' from the result from EFPCR has direct effect on Hopelessness. CONCLUSION: The theoretical model would be used to enhancing hope of the cancer patients in post-operation.
