%0 Journal Article
%T A esperan£¿a da pessoa com cancro: estudo em contexto de quimioterapia
%A Pinto
%A Sara
%A Caldeira
%A S¨ªlvia
%A Martins
%A Jos¨¦ Carlos
%J Revista de Enfermagem Refer¨ºncia
%D 2012
%I Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra
%X background: hope is a concept which helps people to deal more effectively with a crisis. the scientific evidence suggests its importance in the context of palliative care, arguing that realistic hopes help the person to live their remaining time in a better way. objectives: to analyze the hope level of a sample of patients having chemotherapy and to understand the influence of some socio-demographic, clinical and religious variables. methodology: an observational, cross-sectional, exploratory, descriptive, correlational study with a sample of 92 cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. we used the herth hope index-pt and the data were analyzed using the statistical package for the social sciences, version 18. results: those surveyed had high levels of hope (mean=29.61 points). time of diagnosis and time in chemotherapy influenced hope (p <0.01 and p <0.05 respectively). the relationships found were weak and inverse. conclusion: as time goes on the hope of patients having chemotherapy seems to diminish, which supports the need to promote it continually. information appropriate to the person¡¯s needs promotes realistic objectives and helps the person to restore the meaning of life.
%K hope
%K information
%K cancer
%K palliative care.
%U http://www.scielo.gpeari.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0874-02832012000200003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en