A Determination of Hopelessness and the Perception of Illness in Cancer

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ID13629947
AutoresSevgi Nehi̇r (0000-0003-1761-786X, Psychiatry Nursing, Nursing Department, School of Health, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey), Nurgül Güngör Tavşanlı (0000-0002-1831-2171, Manisa Celal Bayar University, autor correspondente), Nurgul Gungor Tavsanli (Internal Medicine Nursing, Midwifery Department, School of Health, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey), Çiğdem Özdemir (0000-0001-8500-0744, Celal Bayar University Hafsa Sultan Hospital, Manisa, Turkey), Tuğba Akyol (Celal Bayar University Hafsa Sultan Hospital, Manisa, Turkey)
Ano2017
Volume79
Fascículo2
Páginas115-131
Data de publicação2017-04-14
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0030222817704336
PMID28409529
OpenAlexW2606602104
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas26

This study was performed with the objective of determining hopelessness and perception of illness in cancer patients. This was a descriptive and regressional study. The study was performed between January and June 2014 on 105 outpatients at the oncology clinic of Manisa Government Hospital in Turkey's western. A patient information form, the Beck Hopelessness Scale, and the illness perception questionnaire were used to collect data, and data analysis was performed using the program Statistical Package for Social Sciences 15.0. Percentages, t test, Kruskal-Wallis, one-way analysis of variance, and Pearson correlation were used in the evaluation of research data. The hopelessness levels of cancer patients participating in the study were at a medium level. As patients' scores on the hopelessness scale and its subscales increase, so their illness perception scores also increase. The hopelessness levels of patients whose illness perception was good were lower; that is, as patients' hopelessness levels fell, their illness perceptions and view of their illness were affected in a positive way

Analysis of variance · Anxiety · Beck Depression Inventory · Beck Hopelessness Scale · Descriptive statistics · Perception · Psychiatry · Test (biology · Cancer survivorship and care · Clinical Psychology · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments