The relationship between the level of hope and personality, care of burden in the primary caregivers of advanced cancer patients

VernacularTitle:晚期癌症患者主要照顾者希望水平与人格特征、照顾负担的相关性研究
Author: Jie JIAO ; Li YANG ; Zhiqin LUO ; Wanmin QIANG
Keywords: Advanced cancer; Caregivers; Hope level; Personality; Care burden
From: Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2017;33(23):1766-1770
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the level of hope, personality characteristics and the care of burden of the primary caregivers of advanced cancer patients, and to analyze the correlation between the level of hope and personality characteristics and care of burden. Methods 201 primary caregivers of terminal cancer patients were selected from May to September in 2016. HHI, NEO-FFI and ZBI were used to investigate the participants. Results The hope of the participants were all in moderate to high levels. The level of hope of the participants was significantly positively correlated with the scores of extraversion and conscientiousness(r =0.165, 0.235, P<0.05). It was significantly negatively correlated with neuroticism, openness, agreeableness and burden care, r =-0.258--0.179, P<0.05. Conclusions The medical staff should give interventions timely according to the personality characteristics and care burden of the main caregivers of patients with advanced cancer, so that the level of hope could be improved in order to improve their psychological health.