title: The meaning of hope in health and illness.
abstract: Hope plays an important role in the illness experience, yet it is a difficult concept to articulate, given its complex intangible nature. To develop a model for capturing the personal meaning of hope in health and illness, I developed a questionnaire and distributed it to 550 healthy adults, adults with illness experience, and nurses. Major findings from this study suggest that people experience hope within three interconnected realms: personal spirit, risk, and authentic caring. This multidimensional framework provides a novel approach for understanding the complex experience of hope in health and illness.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Nekolaichuk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012803:Sick Role; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires