J Korean Acad Adult Nurs.  2003 Sep;15(3):364-372.

Comparison of Spiritual Well-being and Quality of Life between Hospice Patients and Nonhospice Patients

• Lee HS
• Doh BN

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was conducted to find out the effects of hospice care by evaluating the spiritual well-being and quality of life in the hospice and nonhospice patients. METHOD: The research design was composed of descriptive study. The data were collected using the questionnaire with interview from 30 hospice patients at three hospice institutes and 30 nonhospice patients at two general hospitals. The tools used for this study were 14-item questionnaire regarding general characteristics, a revised Spiritual Well-being Survey(Paloutzion and Ellision, 1982) and 22-item of revised Mcgill Quality of Life questionnaire. RESULT: The spiritual well-being of the hospice patients was higher than that of nonhospice patients(F=5.52, p=0.023). The global quality of life of the hospice patients was higher than that of nonhospice patients(F=8.84, p=0.004). There was a significant positive correlation between spiritual well-being and quality of life of the hospice patients and non hospice patients.
CONCLUSION
The hospice care effects on spiritual well-being and quality of life of the terminal cancer patients.

Keyword

Hospice patient; Spiritual Well-being; Quality of Life

MeSH Terms

Academies and Institutes
Hospice Care
Hospices*
Hospitals, General
Humans
Quality of Life*
Research Design
Surveys and Questionnaires