Development and implementation of a Hope Intervention Program.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the development and evaluation of the Hope Intervention Program (HIP), designed to enhance hope, based on the Hope Process Framework.


METHODS
Descriptive and evaluative.


METHODS
Outpatient oncology clinics of two large hospitals.


METHODS
Convenience sample--38 adults with first recurrence of cancer.


METHODS
Questionnaire completed at end of last HIP session, three months, six months, and nine months.


METHODS
Helpfulness of the HIP components in maintaining hope.


RESULTS
Participants used intervention strategies that represented all four attributes of hope, with specific strategy use varying across time and individuals.


CONCLUSIONS
Data suggested that HIP positively affected the participants' rebuilding and maintenance of hope.


CONCLUSIONS
HIP has the potential to positively influence hope, and it supports the strategic vital role that nurses play in implementing research-based strategies designed to engender hope in their patients and prevent hopelessness.
Herth
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College of Allied Health and Nursing at Minnesota State University, Mankato, USA. kaye.herth@mnsu.edu
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012008:Recurrence; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000458:organization & administration*