Influences of Perceived Treatment Effect and Perceived Physical Suffering on Hope of Cancer Patients in Post-operative Period.
- Author:
Seong Yoon AHN
1
;
Dal Sook KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Hope;
Cancer patient;
Perceived treatments effect;
Perceived physical suffering
- MeSH:
Hope*;
Humans;
Reproducibility of Results;
Visual Analog Scale
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Adult Nursing
2003;15(1):78-87
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PUPPOSE: The purposes of the study were 1) to examine what relationships exist between PTE(perceived treatments effect) and PPS (perceived physical suffering) as the independent variables and hope as the dependent variable and 2) to examine whether PTE and PPS predict hope in cancer patients in their post-operative period within the Stotland's hope theory. METHOD: The Visual Analog Scale was used for measuring PTE and PPS and the Kim and Lee's Hope Scale which had acceptable reliability and validity was used for measuring hope. The data was collected from 38 hospitalized cancer patients who were in the post-operative period with a convenient sampling method. RESULT: There was a significant positive relationship between hope and the PTE in the low PTE group. There was a significant negative relationship between hope and the PPS in the low PPS group. There were no significant relationships between hope and the PTE in the high PTE group, and between hope and the PPS in the high PPS group. And the PTE explained hope with 71.2% of the variance in the low PTE group. CONCLUSION: PTE in the low PTE group and PPS in the low PPS group were identified as the factors to explain hope.
