Factors Influencing the Level of Death Depression in Patients with Cancer: A Path Analysis
Background and purpose: Death depression is a common phenomenon among cancer patients that many factors could influence it. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the factors and finding an influencing path out of death depression. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study (April to...
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| author | Hamid Sharif Nia Saeed Pahlevan Sharif Ravanbakhsh Esmaeili Amir Hossein Goudarzian Bahram Tahmasbi Ameneh Yaghoobzadeh Omolhoda Kaveh |
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| description | Background and purpose: Death depression is a common phenomenon among cancer patients that many factors could influence it. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the factors and finding an influencing path out of death depression.
Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study (April to July, 2016) was done in 497 cancer patients who were recruited from those attending Cancer Centers in Sari (Imam Khomeini Hospital) and Kerman, Iran. The patients were selected by convenience sampling. Data was collected using demographic questionnaire, death depression scale, and Pargament`s religious coping scale (the RCOPE).
Results: The mean age and death depression score of cancer patients were 48.38±15.22 and 69.92±18.40, respectively. Multiple linear regression analysis showed economic status (β=5.37), cancer stage (β=-2.80), and religious coping behaviors (β=-0.34) as predictive variables of death depression. Path analysis revealed that economic status and cancer stage had both direct and indirect impacts on death depression but religious coping behaviors directly influenced death depression.
Conclusion: According to the model identified by path analysis, religious coping behaviors is the only variable that has a direct impact on the level of death depression which is influenced by the stage of cancer. However, economic status and stage of cancer could explain the death depression by direct and indirect influences. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-95076e7ff5774a9c80cd2299befaffcd2023-01-25T08:42:36ZengMazandaran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences1735-92601735-92792017-02-0126145318331Factors Influencing the Level of Death Depression in Patients with Cancer: A Path AnalysisHamid Sharif Nia0Saeed Pahlevan Sharif1Ravanbakhsh Esmaeili2Amir Hossein Goudarzian3Bahram Tahmasbi4Ameneh Yaghoobzadeh5Omolhoda Kaveh6 Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Amol School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran PhD in Business, Senior Lecturer, Taylor’s Business School, Taylor’s University, Subang Jaya, Malaysia Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Nasibeh Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran BSc in Nursing, Student Research Committee, Nasibeh Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Assistant Professor, Amol School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran MSc in Geriatric Nursing, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran PhD Student of Nursing, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran Background and purpose: Death depression is a common phenomenon among cancer patients that many factors could influence it. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the factors and finding an influencing path out of death depression. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study (April to July, 2016) was done in 497 cancer patients who were recruited from those attending Cancer Centers in Sari (Imam Khomeini Hospital) and Kerman, Iran. The patients were selected by convenience sampling. Data was collected using demographic questionnaire, death depression scale, and Pargament`s religious coping scale (the RCOPE). Results: The mean age and death depression score of cancer patients were 48.38±15.22 and 69.92±18.40, respectively. Multiple linear regression analysis showed economic status (β=5.37), cancer stage (β=-2.80), and religious coping behaviors (β=-0.34) as predictive variables of death depression. Path analysis revealed that economic status and cancer stage had both direct and indirect impacts on death depression but religious coping behaviors directly influenced death depression. Conclusion: According to the model identified by path analysis, religious coping behaviors is the only variable that has a direct impact on the level of death depression which is influenced by the stage of cancer. However, economic status and stage of cancer could explain the death depression by direct and indirect influences.http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-9509-en.htmlcancer stagedeath depressioneconomic statuspath analysisreligious coping |
| spellingShingle | Hamid Sharif Nia Saeed Pahlevan Sharif Ravanbakhsh Esmaeili Amir Hossein Goudarzian Bahram Tahmasbi Ameneh Yaghoobzadeh Omolhoda Kaveh Factors Influencing the Level of Death Depression in Patients with Cancer: A Path Analysis Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences cancer stage death depression economic status path analysis religious coping |
| title | Factors Influencing the Level of Death Depression in Patients with Cancer: A Path Analysis |
| title_full | Factors Influencing the Level of Death Depression in Patients with Cancer: A Path Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Factors Influencing the Level of Death Depression in Patients with Cancer: A Path Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors Influencing the Level of Death Depression in Patients with Cancer: A Path Analysis |
| title_short | Factors Influencing the Level of Death Depression in Patients with Cancer: A Path Analysis |
| title_sort | factors influencing the level of death depression in patients with cancer a path analysis |
| topic | cancer stage death depression economic status path analysis religious coping |
| url | http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-9509-en.html |
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