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태영숙 ( ) - 고신대학의학부 간호학과
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Abstract
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This study was designed to identify the relation-ship between the hope and the quality of life of cancer patient. The subjects for this study were 102 cancer patients received cancer therapy at one general K. Hospital in Busan.
The data was collected during the period from December, 20, 1995 to February, 28, 1996 by means of a structured questionnaire. Hope was measured by the questionnaire that has been developed by Nowotny and translated by author of this study.
Quality of life was measured by the questionnaire that has been developed by Ro, You Ja and modi. fied by author of this study.
The data was analyzed by descriptive statistics, ttest, ANOVA, Pearson´s correlation & Simple regression using the SAS program.
The results was as follows :
1. The scores on the hope scale ranged from 64 to 113 with as mean of 83.92.
The scores on the quality of life scale ranged from 87 to 214 with as mean of 148.89
The mean scores on the different dimensions were emotional life 27.02, ecomonic life 30.77, selfesteem 25.79, physical ;state & function 27.34, relationships with neighbours 14.24, family relationship 20.73
2. The relatioship between hope and quality of life revealed a significant correlation U0. 503, p<0.001)
3. There were significant association between hope and age(t=5.16, p<0.005), marital status(F=3.85, p<0.05), education level (F=4.72, p<0.01), treatment cost change (F=2.42, p<0.05).
4. There were significant association between quality of life and education level(F=251, p<0.05), treatment cost change (F=2.42, p<0.05), type of house (t=3.12, p<0.05), cancer area(F=2.84, p<0.05).
5. By means of simple regression analysis, hope provided predicted 25.3%(F=33.81, p<0.001) of quality of life.
The equation induced for expected quality of life was as follows : Quality of life=1.3834+(Hope x 0.50268)
In conculusions, this study revealed that hope may be a important factor that can improve quality of life in cancer patients. Therefore, cancer patients should be Provided nursing intervention that can promote hope.
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KeyWords
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암환자, 희망, 삶의 질
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원문 및 링크아웃 정보
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등재저널 정보
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