Protective Factors of Demoralization among Cancer Patients in Taiwan: An Age-matched and Gender-matched Study
Asian Nursing Research
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: 174-179, 2017.
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em Inglês
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| ID: wpr-107192
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study aimed to explore the protective factors of demoralization in cancer patients via investigation of cancer patients' demographic and disease characteristics.METHODS:
This was a cross-sectional descriptive study. We used a structured questionnaire, which contained items on demographic and disease characteristics, as well as the Demoralization Scale Mandarin Version (DS-MV), with a cutoff of 30 or more indicating high demoralization. Data were analyzed with age-matched and gender-matched conditional logistic regression analysis. For the study, 428 questionnaires were delivered and 411 were recovered. After being age-matched and gender-matched, 182 participants of high demoralization (DS-MV > 30) and low demoralization (DS-MV ≤ 30) were obtained respectively, for a total of 364 participants.RESULTS:
Cancer patients' demoralization was significantly related to family support (p = .019), education (p = .049), and monthly income (p = .001). Family support [odds ratio = 0.38; p = .028; 95% confidence interval (0.16, 0.91)] and monthly income [odds ratio = 0.49; p = .009; 95% confidence interval (0.29, 0.84)] were protective factors of demoralization in cancer patients.CONCLUSION:
Early and appropriate demoralization assessment of cancer patients' demographic and disease characteristics is very important in clinical settings. Healthcare providers might regularly monitor demoralization in cancer patients, and develop related nursing care guidelines or treatment for demoralization in cancer patients. The study results can be a reference for healthcare providers who work with cancer patients.
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Índice:
WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
Assunto principal:
Taiwan
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Modelos Logísticos
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Razão de Chances
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Pessoal de Saúde
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Educação
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Fatores de Proteção
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Cuidados de Enfermagem
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Guia de Prática Clínica
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Estudo prognóstico
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Pesquisa qualitativa
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Asian Nursing Research
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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