2018
DOI: 10.1097/ncc.0000000000000622
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Hopelessness, Death Anxiety, and Social Support of Hospitalized Patients With Gynecologic Cancer and Their Caregivers

Abstract: Nurses, who are the healthcare professionals spending time with patients and families from diagnosis forward, need to evaluate patients and their caregivers for hopelessness and death anxiety and consider their social support systems during this evaluation.

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“…Despite its importance, especially in the context of PC, its use remains complex and subjective. 19 Studies 35,36 indicate that, in addition to these patients being diagnosed with this type of anxiety, family caregivers who witness the rapid physical deterioration and suffering of their loved ones become more aware of their mortality, which also triggers their fears about death and dying. Because these caregivers have worse quality of life and considerable difficulty in accepting the proximity of the patients' death, they are at greater risk of depression and workload.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Despite its importance, especially in the context of PC, its use remains complex and subjective. 19 Studies 35,36 indicate that, in addition to these patients being diagnosed with this type of anxiety, family caregivers who witness the rapid physical deterioration and suffering of their loved ones become more aware of their mortality, which also triggers their fears about death and dying. Because these caregivers have worse quality of life and considerable difficulty in accepting the proximity of the patients' death, they are at greater risk of depression and workload.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The downward trending suicide rates in patients with gynecologic malignancy could be explained by two main hypotheses: improvements in prognosis for patients, and an increased awareness in the medical community regarding the association between mental health and chronic disease. The improvement in treatment options and prognosis likely contribute to a decrease in the sense of hopelessness, a known risk factor for suicide, that often accompanies a cancer diagnosis (Benedet, 2000, Westin et al, 2016, Uslu-Sahan et al, 2019).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Incrustados a esta realidad y según estudios a nivel internacional se evidencia que la desesperanza asociado con la enfermedad puede ser influenciada por el apoyo social percibido (20) . Según un estudio de relación entre apoyo social y desesperanza en pacientes oncológicos de un hospital de Turquía, se encontró que existe una correlación negativa entre apoyo social y desesperanza, y que la familia cumple un rol fundamental en la vida del paciente (21) .…”
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“…En Irán, tras encontrar que existe correlaciones negativamente significativas entre las puntuaciones de desesperanza y apoyo social por parte de sus familiares y amigos, sus hallazgos muestran que, los pacientes iraníes evidencian niveles leves de desesperanza y niveles moderados de apoyo social, y que, el apoyo social percibido influye en la esperanza de los pacientes (22) . Mientras que, otros estudios (20,23) han analizado su relación en conjunto con otros factores, o bien, una comparación con los niveles de desesperanza de sus cuidadores, evidenciándose el bajo aporte de estudios sobre la relación de estos dos constructos en pacientes con neoplasias hematológicas.…”
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