Hope and mood changes throughout the primary XXXX illness trajectory.

@entity1 @entity894 @entity1313 @entity5 @entity11 @entity1316
BACKGROUND: The ambiguity of defining hope impacts the level of readiness faced by health care professionals treating @entity1 with @entity11 , a disease with unpredictable outcomes. This study describes the report of hope and the relationship between hope and mood in adult @entity1313 @entity1 at various points in the illness trajectory. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study with data collection including use of the @entity894 ( @entity894 ), the Profile of Mood States-Short Form (POMS-SF), and clinical information. Descriptive statistics were used to report sample characteristics. Spearman's rho and Mann-Whitney tests were used to compare and differentiate scores. RESULTS: Eighty-two @entity1 ranging in age from 22 to 78 years (median, 44.5 y) participated in the study. @entity1 were primarily male (57.3%), married (76.8%), and had a high-grade @entity11 (35.4%). Nearly half had recurrence, and more than 20% were on active treatment. The overall @entity894 total score for the sample was 41.32 (range: 13-48). @entity1 with recurrence had a lower @entity894 interconnectedness (median = 14.00) score and higher total @entity1316 (median = 14.00) compared with @entity1 without recurrence (median = 15.00 and median = 0.00, respectively; P < .05). All negative mood states on the POMS-SF were negatively correlated with @entity894 subscales. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, @entity1 reporting more hope also reported less overall @entity1316 As expected, @entity1 with @entity5 recurrence reported lower hope and higher @entity1316 than those who were newly diagnosed or without recurrence. Targeting interventions specifically tailored to an individual's needs for improvement in quality of life throughout the disease course may include measures to address hope in order to facilitate positive coping strategies.
