Investigation of hospitalized patients with cancer of the current sense of hopelessness / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the status of hospitalized cancer patients sense of hopelessness.Methods 508 cancer patients in the Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University were recruited and divided into the youth group and the middle aged group.Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) was assessed to compare the depression degree between the youth group and the middle aged group.Results In general,without a sense of hopelessness in 182 patients (40.9％),mild hopelessness in 178 patients (40.0％),moderate hopelessness in 68 patients (15.3％),severe hopelessness in 17 patients (3.8％).However,no statistical difference was significantly different on the depression degree between the youth group and the middle aged group,while significat difference existed between patients with different dwelling places and treatment time.Conclusions Most cancer patients have different degree of hopelessness.Duration of treatment,dwelling conditions and other factors can affect the patients sense of hopelessness.