Relationship between hope and fatique levels in cancer patients

Aim: The aim of the present study is; to determine the relationship between fatigue and hope levels in cancer patients.Material and Method: The study was conducted as a descriptive study. Data were collected using Socio-Demographic DataQestionnaire, Herth Hope Index, Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI). The questionnaires were filled outthrough face-to-faceinterviews.Results: 213 cancer patients with 50.23% 21-54 years of age were taken into the study. There was no significant relationshipbetween fatigue status of patients and sociodemographic variables. However, a significant correlation was found between thescore of hope and the time after diagnosis(KW =2.608; p=0.053). In our study, the difference between mean score of hope leveland gender, age,marital status, educational status and employment was not statistically significant.Conclusions: There was a significant negative correlation between fatigue and hope total scores of the patients. This shows usthat the management of fatigue during the illness and treatment positively affects the hope and patients are struggling withtheir disease. it is suggested that the diagnosis of fatigue and hope levels of the patients from the diagnosis and the planning ofthe attempts to manage them can be suggested.Keywords: Cancer, hope, fatique