title: Changes in hope and power in lung cancer patients who exercise.
abstract: Using Rogers' science of unitary human beings, changes in hope and power among 104 lung cancer patients were examined in relation to participation in a preoperative exercise program. Participants were randomly assigned to exercise or no-exercise and a repeated measures ANOVA was employed. The exercise group's power increased while the no-exercise group's power decreased. No differences in hope emerged. Positive correlations between hope and power were observed. Findings suggest that exercise is a form of knowing participation in change and illustrate a relation between one's ability to envision a better future and one's potential to actualize options through choice.
authors.affiliation: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Wall
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000592:standards; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009013:Morale; D009742:Nursing Theory; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome