Treatment-associated symptoms and coping of postoperative patients with lung cancer in Japan: Development of a model of factors influencing hope

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25862146
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clinical nursing
• Research Institution: The University of Tokushima
• Principal Investigator: BANDO Takae 徳島大学, 大学院医歯薬学研究部(医学系), 助教 (00437633)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 肺がん患者 / 希望 / 手術治療

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We aimed to identify the factors affecting hope to help develop a care-oriented perspective focused on the levels of hope in postoperative patients with lung cancer.For the patients included in our study, 55% of the variance in the level of hope was explained using a model that included the following:symptoms of dyspnea, sore mouth, and chest pain;support, including satisfaction with postoperative symptom control by healthcare providers, satisfaction with the amount of information provided by healthcare providers, and the trust in nurses during treatment and recovery; and task-oriented and social diversion coping behaviors.As a result of this study, the support-related factors had no direct influence on hope, but they did have a significantly negative influence on treatment-related symptoms, with improved symptoms also having influencing hope.

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