ObjectiveTo explore the level of hope of patients with tumor recurrence and its affecting factors. MethodsPatients with tumor recurrence admitted in West China Hospital from March 2014 to March 2015 were included in this study. Questionnaire survey was conducted to collect the general information of the patients and the information on their coping style, level of hope and social support. The structural equation model was used to analyze the factors that affect the level of hope in patients with tumor recurrence. ResultsA total of 431 patients were included. The average score of hope in patients with tumor recurrence was 32.88±5.83. Among these patients, 27 (6.26%) had low level of hope, 277 (64.27%) had medium level of hope and 127 (29.47%) had high level of hope. The result of univariate analysis showed that, the level of hope in different genders, marital status, education levels, income levels and types of tumors had significant differences (all P values＜0.05). The result of structural equation model showed that gender (r=-0.322, P<0.001), marital status (r=-0.243, P<0.001), education level (r=-0.219, P<0.001), income (r=0.116, P=0.021) and coping style (r=0.182, P=0.029) had direct effect on the level of hope in patients with tumor recurrence. Social support (r=0.255, P=0.027) and income (r=0.224, P=0.019) could indirectly affect patients’ coping style and therefore the level of hope. ConclusionMost patients with tumor recurrence have medium to high level of hope. Gender, marital status, education level, income and coping style have influence on the level of hope. More attention should be given to patients with low level of hope, and measures should be taken to improve the level of hope basing on the individual situations of patients with tumor recurrence.
ObjectiveTo explore the correlation between the level of hope and coping style in patients with tumor recurrence. MethodsPatients with tumor recurrence admitted to West China Hospital between March 2014 and March 2015 were enrolled as the research subjects. Questionnaire survey was used to collect general information of patients and their level of hope and coping style. ResultsFour hundred and thirty-one patients were enrolled in the study. The score of hope in patients with tumor recurrence was 32.88±5.83. Out of 431 patients, 27 (6.26%) had low level of hope, 277 (64.27%) medium level of hope and 127 (29.47%) high level of hope. Multivariate analysis showed that the coping styles and income could enhance the level of hope, whereas being female, poor marital status, low educational level and long term of complete remission could suppress the level of hope in patients with tumor recurrence. Various coping styles were adopted by patients to cope with the tumor recurrence. Amongst all coping styles, optimism was adopted most frequently by patients, which had the highest score 2.94±0.44. The other coping styles adopted by patients ranked from high to low were conservation 2.88±0.53, self-reliance 2.75±0.56, confrontation 2.73±0.55, fatalism 2.45±0.66, support 2.41±0.52, escape 2.15±0.42 and emotion 2.12±0.59, respectively. The level of hope had a positive correlation with the overall score of coping styles (r=0.112), as well as optimism (r=0.170), confrontation (r=0.166) and self-reliance (r=0.210) (P < 0.05). However, the study showed that the level of hope had no correlation with emotion, escape, conservation, support and fatalism. ConclusionsMost of the patients with tumor recurrence have medium and high level of hope. The coping styles of optimism, confrontation and self-reliance can enhance the level of hope in patients with tumor recurrence. Patients should be encouraged and guided by medical staff to adopt the above-mentioned coping styles to enhance the level of hope, through which to improve the quality of life of the patients with tumor recurrence.