The Effectiveness of Internet-Based Hope Therapy on Coping Strategies in Patients with Prostate Cancer

Title

The Effectiveness of Internet-Based Hope Therapy on Coping Strategies in Patients with Prostate Cancer

Abstract

Background: Most men have prostate cancer (PC), the second leading cause of death. The current study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of Internet-based hope therapy on coping strategies in men with PC.

Methods: A quasi-experimental research with a pretest-posttest design and a control group was used in this study. 317 men with PC were referred to the King Fahd Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2020. Following the participants' voluntary selection, the pre-test stage was performed, and they were given the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS). Subjects were chosen by simple random sampling and divided into two groups of 25 experimental and control subjects. Before taking the post-test, the experimental group received hope therapy training. The data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) and SPSS software.

Results: There was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups regarding stress (F = 57.495, P < 0.001), problem-oriented strategy (F = 33.041, P < 0.001), excitement strategy (F = 28.491, P < 0.001), and circuit avoidance strategy (F = 87.138, P < 0.001) variables. As a result, it can be concluded that the intervention was effective, and the experimental group outperformed the control group in the post-test stage.

Conclusion: Hope therapy has a good effect on reducing stress in patients with PC and can be used to reduce the negative psychological consequences and increase effective coping strategies with stress.

Scientific Type

اكاديمي

Link

https://ijbmc.org/index.php/ijbmc/article/view/417

Journal volume

vol.9,No.S

Collaboration type

مشترك

Publish Date

September 19, 2022

Participated Universities (Publication)

Alnoor University

Ashur University College

Al-Ayen University

AL Farahidi University

Al-Manara College For Medical Sciences

Hilla University College

Scopus status

In Scopus

Scopus index year

2 022

Scopus quarter

4

Scopus citation score

0.600000024

Clarivate status

Not In Clarivate

Pub. Med. status

Not In PubMed

Author (Publication)

نزار عبدالكريم حامد داؤد

Journal (Publication)

International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture

Publisher (Publication)

Vesnu Publications

ISSN

2345-5802

Country (Publication)

Iran

Country type

عالمية

College (Publication)

College of Health and Medical Technologies

Departement (Publication)

Department of Anesthesia Techniques