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  • The Persian version of Herth Hope Index in Iranian patients with cancer: A psychometric study

  • Hamid Sharif Nia, Mozhgan Moshtagh, Fatemeh Khoshnavay Fomani, Long She, Daniyal Kohestani, Pardis Rahmatpour, William Keeton
  • Journal:
    Palliative & Supportive Care / Volume 21 / Issue 6 / December 2023
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    23 June 2022, pp. 1041-1047
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  • Objectives

    Hope is a contextual concept that has significant effects on human well-being. This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Herth Hope Index (P-HHI) among Iranian patients with cancer.

    Method

    This cross-sectional study was conducted on 320 patients with cancer from September to December 2020. After translating the HHI into Persian, content, convergent and discriminant, construct validity (exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis), and reliability of the P-HHI were assessed.

    Results

    The results of exploratory factor analysis showed that the P-HHI was composed of two factors: Life Expectancy and Thinking Positive, which explained 55.20% of the total variance.

    Significance of results

    The research revealed that the P-HHI has acceptable validity and reliability, which can be used to measure the hope concept among Iranian patients with cancer.

  • The relationship between hope and pain in a sample of hospitalized oncology patients

  • Inger Utne, Christine Miaskowski, Kristin Bjordal, Steven M. Paul, Gunnhild Jakobsen, Tone Rustøen
  • Journal:
    Palliative & Supportive Care / Volume 6 / Issue 4 / December 2008
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    13 November 2008, pp. 327-334
  • Objective:

    The aims of this study were to describe hope in a sample of hospitalized oncology patients in pain and to determine if various demographic, clinical, and pain characteristics were related to hope. In addition, the individual item and total Herth Hope Index (HHI) scores for these oncology inpatients with pain were compared with those from the general Norwegian population.

    Method:

    Oncology inpatients in pain (n = 225) were recruited from the Norwegian Radium Hospital. The research instruments included the HHI, the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI), and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlations, and one-sample t tests.

    Results:

    Total HHI scores in oncology inpatients with pain were comparable to a similar sample in Taiwan. The Norwegian oncology inpatients reported significantly higher total HHI scores than the general Norwegian population. The largest difference was on the item “I feel scared about my future.” No relationships were found between total HHI scores and any of the pain intensity scores. Significant relationships were found between total HHI scores and the more psychosocial interference items on BPI and sleep.

    Significance of results:

    The higher levels of hope in the oncology inpatients with pain compared with the general Norwegian population may reflect a “response shift” in the patients' evaluation of hope. Although the difference is relatively small, it may represent a clinically meaningful difference. The fact that significant relationships were found between HHI scores and the more psychosocial interference scores on BPI suggest that hope may be more related to psychosocial effects on pain than on its physical effects.

  • The Norwegian version of the Herth Hope Index (HHI-N): A psychometric study

  • ASTRID K. WAHL, TONE RUSTØEN, ANNERS LERDAL, BERIT R. HANESTAD, ØISTEIN KNUDSEN JR., TORBJØRN MOUM
  • Journal:
    Palliative & Supportive Care / Volume 2 / Issue 3 / September 2004
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    12 May 2005, pp. 255-263

  • Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Herth Hope Index (HHI) in a representative sample of the Norwegian population.

    Methods: The HHI-N was administered to 4000 people randomly selected from the Norwegian population. 1893 questionnaires were usable, yielding a response rate of 48.5%.

    Results: The internal consistency of the HHI-N, estimated by Cronbach's alpha, was 0.81. Factor analysis resulted in a two-factor solution, which explained 38% of the variance. The correlation between hope and overall quality of life was 0.48 (p < 0.001), and between hope and fatigue severity −0.30 (p < 0.001).

    Significance of results: Further testing, especially with regard to the dimensionality of the instrument, is recommended.

  • Hope in the general Norwegian population, measured using the Herth Hope Index

  • TONE RUSTØEN, ASTRID K. WAHL,, BERIT R. HANESTAD,, ANNERS LERDAL,, CHRISTINE MIASKOWSKI,, TORBJØRN MOUM
  • Journal:
    Palliative & Supportive Care / Volume 1 / Issue 4 / December 2003
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    01 December 2003, pp. 309-318

  • Objective: The aims of this study were to describe hope in a large sample that was drawn from the general Norwegian population and to examine how sociodemographic and health-related variables were related to hope.

    Methods: Of 4,000 adult citizens, randomly drawn from the National Register, 1,912 (49%) returned the Norwegian version of the Herth Hope Index (HHI).

    Results: When demographic and health-related variables were controlled for, age, gender, marital status, and employment status were significantly related to hope. The most important health-related variable was self-assessed health status, with participants who were satisfied with their health reporting significantly higher levels of hope. Participants who indicated that they had a chronic disease reported significantly higher hope scores compared to those without a chronic disease. Older men, individuals who were receiving a pension or were unemployed, and individuals who were widowed or unmarried reported the lowest levels of hope. In this study, an individual's subjective evaluation of his/her health was the most important health-related predictor of hope.

    Significance of the research: The most important health-related variable that predicted hope was self-assessed health in that participants who were satisfied with their health reported higher levels of hope. This finding suggests that an individual's subjective assessment of health is a better predictor of hope than the presence a chronic disease. Knowledge about levels of hope in the general population can be used as reference values against which an individual score or a group mean may be compared.