期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2019
卷号：26
期号：4
页码：1-8
DOI：10.26444/aaem/104588
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：Objective. The aim of the study is to compare the hope of rural and urban inhabitants in the terminal stage of a neoplastic
disease covered by stationary hospice care.
Materials and method. The study was carried out among patients in the terminal phase of a neoplastic disease. They were
patients of both 24-hour and daily palliative and hospice care units throughout the country. The study group consisted of
246 patients, average age – 59.5, the youngest respondent was 18 and the oldest – 90. The B. L. Block (NCN-36) test, prepared
for people struggling with serious life-threatening diseases, was used. Comparison of the results with regard to the place
of residence was based on the test Friedman ANOVA and Kendall compatibility factor. The general comparison of hope in
individual dimensions and globally with the division into the degree of urbanization, was based on the Kruskal-Wallis test.
Results. On the basis of factor analysis, 4 scales constructed from 8 items branch were distinguished. The following scales
are used to study hope in the situational dimension – health, the telek-temporal dimension – goals, the spiritual dimension
– religious beliefs and in the emotional-affective (affective) dimension – motivations.
Conclusions. The strength of hope in people in the terminal phase of cancer, residing in villages, settlements, small, medium
and large cities, was similar and depended on its magnitude. Of all the manifestations of hope, the greatest variation in
results occurred in the subjects when they encountered serious problems and difficulties. The inhabitants of medium-sized
cities were characterized by a higher hope at that time.
