Hassankhani Hadi, Soheili Amin, Hosseinpour Issa, Eivazi Ziaei Jamal, Nahamin Mina
Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Center of Qualitative Studies, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Student Research Committee, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
J Caring Sci. 2017 Dec 1;6(4):325-333. doi: 10.15171/jcs.2017.031. eCollection 2017 Dec.
The overwhelming effects of cancer could be catastrophic for the patients and their family members, putting them at risk of experiencing uncertainty, loss, and an interruption in life. Also, it can influence their sense of meaning, a fundamental need equated with the purpose in life. Accordingly, this study aimed to compare the meaning in life (MiL) of patients with cancer and their family members. This descriptive comparative study was conducted on 400 patients with cancer and their family members admitted to university hospitals in Tabriz and Ardebil provinces, Iran. The participants were sampled conveniently and the Life Evaluation Questionnaire (LEQ) were used for collecting data analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics in SPSS ver. 13 Software. The mean score for the MiL of the patients with cancer and their family members was 119 (16.92) and 146.2 (17.07), respectively. There was a significant difference between patients with cancer and their family members in terms of MiL. The MiL of patients with cancer is lower than that of their family members, which indicates the need for further attention to the psychological processes and their modification in Iranian healthcare systems.
癌症带来的巨大影响对患者及其家庭成员来说可能是灾难性的,使他们面临经历不确定性、失去以及生活中断的风险。此外,它还会影响他们的意义感,而意义感是一种与生活目的等同的基本需求。因此,本研究旨在比较癌症患者及其家庭成员的生活意义。这项描述性比较研究针对伊朗大不里士和阿尔达比勒省大学医院收治的400名癌症患者及其家庭成员展开。研究采用方便抽样法选取参与者,并使用生活评价问卷(LEQ)收集数据,通过SPSS 13.0软件中的描述性和推断性统计方法进行分析。癌症患者及其家庭成员的生活意义平均得分分别为119(16.92)和146.2(17.07)。癌症患者及其家庭成员在生活意义方面存在显著差异。癌症患者的生活意义低于其家庭成员,这表明伊朗医疗系统需要进一步关注心理过程并对其进行调整。