Factors Associated with Death Acceptance among Thai Patients with Advanced Cancer1
Patients with advanced cancer cope with various issues, especially psychological symptoms, such as anxiety about death. Previous research from various countries indicates that most advanced cancer patients perceive distress before death, which means they cannot accept death peacefully. The purpose o...
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| author | Maliwan Krapo Sureeporn Thanasilp Janya Chimluang |
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| description | Patients with advanced cancer cope with various issues, especially psychological symptoms, such as anxiety about death. Previous research from various countries indicates that most advanced cancer patients perceive distress before death, which means they cannot accept death peacefully. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors associated with death acceptance of Thai patients with advanced cancer. The participants were 242 adult patients with advanced cancer from three tertiary hospitals in Bangkok, Thailand. The research instruments consisted of 7 questionnaires: a personal information questionnaire, the death anxiety questionnaire, Buddhist beliefs about death questionnaire, the unfinished task questionnaire, general self-efficacy scale, family relationship questionnaire, and death acceptance scale. These instruments were tested for their content validity by a panel of experts. All instruments except the first one were tested for reliability, and their Cronbach's alpha coefficient were .86, .72, .74, .74, .89, and .70, respectively. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation, Point-biserial correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression were used to analyze the data. The results revealed that a total of 42% of variance of death acceptance among Thai patients with advanced cancer was explained by death anxiety, Buddhist beliefs about death, and self-efficacy. Knowing these factors provides further information for nurses to help patients to cope with their death. From this crucial knowledge, nurses can develop interventions in decreasing or controlling anxiety about death, promoting Buddhist beliefs about death, and enhancing self-efficacy of advanced cancer patients. Therefore, a better quality of life and good death can be achieved. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ef016d3ddd394faf974481b20f3ff35d2022-12-22T03:02:28ZengANPOR KoreaAsian Journal for Public Opinion Research2288-61682018-11-0161183010.15206/ajpor.2018.6.1.1822886168Factors Associated with Death Acceptance among Thai Patients with Advanced Cancer1Maliwan KrapoSureeporn ThanasilpJanya ChimluangPatients with advanced cancer cope with various issues, especially psychological symptoms, such as anxiety about death. Previous research from various countries indicates that most advanced cancer patients perceive distress before death, which means they cannot accept death peacefully. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors associated with death acceptance of Thai patients with advanced cancer. The participants were 242 adult patients with advanced cancer from three tertiary hospitals in Bangkok, Thailand. The research instruments consisted of 7 questionnaires: a personal information questionnaire, the death anxiety questionnaire, Buddhist beliefs about death questionnaire, the unfinished task questionnaire, general self-efficacy scale, family relationship questionnaire, and death acceptance scale. These instruments were tested for their content validity by a panel of experts. All instruments except the first one were tested for reliability, and their Cronbach's alpha coefficient were .86, .72, .74, .74, .89, and .70, respectively. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation, Point-biserial correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression were used to analyze the data. The results revealed that a total of 42% of variance of death acceptance among Thai patients with advanced cancer was explained by death anxiety, Buddhist beliefs about death, and self-efficacy. Knowing these factors provides further information for nurses to help patients to cope with their death. From this crucial knowledge, nurses can develop interventions in decreasing or controlling anxiety about death, promoting Buddhist beliefs about death, and enhancing self-efficacy of advanced cancer patients. Therefore, a better quality of life and good death can be achieved.http://kpubs.org/article/articleMain.kpubs?articleANo=ORJSBL_2018_v6n1_18death acceptancedeath anxietyBuddhist beliefs about deathself-efficacyadvanced cancer patients |
| spellingShingle | Maliwan Krapo Sureeporn Thanasilp Janya Chimluang Factors Associated with Death Acceptance among Thai Patients with Advanced Cancer1 Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research death acceptance death anxiety Buddhist beliefs about death self-efficacy advanced cancer patients |
| title | Factors Associated with Death Acceptance among Thai Patients with Advanced Cancer1 |
| title_full | Factors Associated with Death Acceptance among Thai Patients with Advanced Cancer1 |
| title_fullStr | Factors Associated with Death Acceptance among Thai Patients with Advanced Cancer1 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors Associated with Death Acceptance among Thai Patients with Advanced Cancer1 |
| title_short | Factors Associated with Death Acceptance among Thai Patients with Advanced Cancer1 |
| title_sort | factors associated with death acceptance among thai patients with advanced cancer1 |
| topic | death acceptance death anxiety Buddhist beliefs about death self-efficacy advanced cancer patients |
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