Arslan Sevban, Celebioglu Ayda, Tezel Ayfer
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
Jpn J Nurs Sci. 2009 Dec;6(2):105-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-7924.2009.00127.x.
This study aimed to determine the levels of depression and hopelessness of patients receiving chemotherapy. Through knowledge of the levels of hopelessness and depression in such patients, this study could contribute to the planning of nursing interventions.
The study involved 101 patients with cancer who presented to the outpatient unit of a medical oncology clinic to receive outpatient chemotherapy between January and March 2006. Data on the patients' sociodemographic features, as well as their scores on the Beck Hopelessness Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory, were obtained.
The patients' mean total depression score was 16.0 +/- 8.3 and their mean hopelessness score was 6.9 +/- 3.4. There was a statistically significant positive relationship between depression and hopelessness.
The results indicated that depression and hopelessness were strongly and positively correlated.
本研究旨在确定接受化疗患者的抑郁和绝望水平。通过了解此类患者的绝望和抑郁水平，本研究可为护理干预计划提供帮助。
该研究纳入了2006年1月至3月间前往一家肿瘤内科门诊接受门诊化疗的101例癌症患者。获取了患者的社会人口学特征数据，以及他们在贝克绝望量表和贝克抑郁量表上的得分。
患者的平均总抑郁得分为16.0±8.3，平均绝望得分为6.9±3.4。抑郁与绝望之间存在统计学上显著的正相关关系。
结果表明抑郁与绝望呈强正相关。
