Varieties of Hope Among Family Caregivers of Patients With Lymphoma

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4637152
AutoresFang Fu (0000-0002-8158-492X, Fudan University, Shanghai, China), Yan-Yan Chen (Fudan University, Shanghai, China), Yanyan Chen (0000-0002-7198-6044, Fudan University, autor de correspondencia), Quanyu Li (Fudan University, Shanghai, China), Fuzhong Zhu (0000-0002-3034-6876, Fudan University, Shanghai, China)
Año2018
Volumen28
Número13
Páginas2048-2058
Fecha de publicación2018-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732318779051
PMID29890900
OpenAlexW2808456155
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas24

In this study, 16 family caregivers of patients with lymphoma were interviewed on their changing perceptions of hope. The changing process starts from diagnosis to the present treatment state. We found that the changing perception of hope can be divided into three stages: the stage of generalized hope focusing merely on treatment and passive hope focusing on harm-avoidance, the stage of specified hope and active hope aiming at comfort-seeking, and the stage of multifaceted hope. Family caregivers' understanding of the past experience of and new information on the disease are the foundation of the perception of hope. The perception of hope in cancer patients' family caregivers develops from "therapeutic hope" to "psychosocial hope," shifting from "consequential hope" to "procedural hope

Disease · Harm · Perception · Political science · Psychosocial · Psychotherapist · Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life · Empathy and Medical Education · Medicine · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology · Social Psychology