QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG ADULTS WITH CANCER: TEST OF A CONCEPTUAL MODEL (WELL BEING, HOPE).
Contributors: Texas Woman's University.
Published: 1995
Number of pages: 106
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Psychology, Behavioral.
Description: The purpose of this research was to test a conceptual model of quality of life among persons with cancer. The study employed a causal modeling approach to examine relationships among physical well-being, psychosocial well-being, spiritual well-being, hope, and quality of life. A convenience sample of 180 adults diagnosed with cancer was drawn from an outpatient radiation treatment center, an ambulatory chemotherapy clinic, a community-based cancer resource center, and a home care setting. Subjects completed a demographic data form, the Quality of Life Index-Cancer Version (QLI-CV), the Nowotny Hope Scale (NHS), and a global quality of life rating scale.

Data were analyzed using LISREL 8.10, a structural equation modeling program. The initial model test was unsuccessful. After major modifications the model fit the data well, but many findings were not substantively interpretable. Tentative conclusions were drawn concerning significant positive relationships between psychosocial well-being and hope and spiritual well-being and hope. Hope was weakly associated with quality of life, but the relationship was not statistically significant. Spiritual well-being was the strongest predictor of quality of life, but the relationship was negative. The study did provide preliminary evidence to support the hypothesized factor structure of psychosocial well-being, spiritual well-being, and hope among persons with cancer.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-09, Section: B, page: 4812.

Thesis (PH.D.)--TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY, 1995.

School code: 0925.