Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
Cancer is the second leading cause of death next to Heart disease. It is associated with progressive disability and health decline. To know the attitude of cancer patients towards life and their relationship between sociodemographic variable and clinical variables. The study was conducted on palliative/post operative patients with cancer, in tertiary care hospital in Navi Mumbai. A total of 154 patients were selected by simple random sampling with cancer taking palliative treatment, with age above 18 years. Only 138 patients gave consent for study. Mean age was 59.7 years (S.D. 7.3 Years). Age range was 46‐71 years and prominent gender was Male (22 patients) (47.9%). In the domain of death acceptance patients mainly performed poorly, while at the level of goal seeking mostly patients performed very well (>90% in Q3 and Q4). In domain of existential vacuum, performance is poor (100% in Q1 and Q2) based on overall score most patients lie in Q3. Based on overall score patients in Q2 have high proportion of patients with poor prognosis (80%) in comparison to Q3 (14.3%). On applying Fisher exact test this difference shows statistically Significant difference. Being a Male was found to be a risk to score poorly. Low score was got in acceptance of death and existential vacuum. Higher score was obtained in goal seeking. This explains the inclination towards religiosity and spirituality. Good prognosis is associated with better performance on PMI and existential transcendence scores.
How to cite this article:
Vivek Pathak and Ankit Agarwal. Attitude of Cancer Patients Towards Life.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makrjms.2024.10.274.278
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1815-9346/10.36478/makrjms.2024.10.274.278