Post-traumatic growth, hope, and depression in elderly cancer patients
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS) - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 9
Abstract
Post-traumatic growth (PTG), depression, and hope have not been adequately studied among elderly cancer patients living in Middle East countries. The aim of the study was to assess these constructs in elderly cancer patients and examine whether depression and hope contributed to variations in PTG among these patients. A sample of 142 Iranian elderly people with Azari ethnicity (55 female, 87 male), with average age of 68.4, diagnosed with cancer who admitted to oncology wards and cancer clinics of Hospital were participated in the study. Study tools included demographic details questionnaire, “posttraumatic growth inventoryâ€, Herth Hope Index (HHI), and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Data were analyzed using SPSS-22 software. The means and standard deviations of the PTG, BDI, and HHI scores for all participants were 70.27 ± 12.43, 12.1 ± 6.5, and 34.63 ± 3.13, respec tively. The results showed that PTG was negatively correlated with depression (r = −0.60, p < 0.001), and positively correlated with hope (r = 0.50, p < 0.001). All dimensions of the PTG were significantly correlated with total BDI and HHI scores. Depression and hope correlated with some of the variance of PTG in the Iranian elderly patients with cancer. Offering counseling programs and delivering appropriate levels of nursing care may help decrease patients’ depression and increase their hope.
Authors and Affiliations
Mehdi Heidarzadeh| PhD, RN, Assistant professor, Nursing & Midwifery School, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran, Behrouz Dadkhah| PhD, RN, Assistant professor, Nursing & Midwifery School, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran Corresponding Email: b.dadkhah@arums.ac.ir, Mehri Gholchin| MS, RN, Hematology and Oncology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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