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The Persian version of Herth Hope Index in Iranian patients with cancer: A psychometric study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2022

Hamid Sharif Nia Open the ORCID record for Hamid Sharif Nia [Opens in a new window] ,
Mozhgan Moshtagh ,
Fatemeh Khoshnavay Fomani ,
Long She Open the ORCID record for Long She [Opens in a new window] ,
Daniyal Kohestani ,
Pardis Rahmatpour Open the ORCID record for Pardis Rahmatpour [Opens in a new window]  and
William Keeton
Hamid Sharif Nia
Affiliation:
Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research Center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
Mozhgan Moshtagh
Affiliation:
Faculty of Health, Social Determinants of Health Research Centre, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
Fatemeh Khoshnavay Fomani
Affiliation:
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Long She
Affiliation:
School of Business, Swinburne University of Technology, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Daniyal Kohestani*
Affiliation:
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
Pardis Rahmatpour
Affiliation:
Department of Nursing, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
William Keeton
Affiliation:
Department of Management, La Trobe University, Sydney, Australia
*
Author for correspondence: Daniyal Kohestani, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: daniyalkohestani@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Objectives

Hope is a contextual concept that has significant effects on human well-being. This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Herth Hope Index (P-HHI) among Iranian patients with cancer.

Method

This cross-sectional study was conducted on 320 patients with cancer from September to December 2020. After translating the HHI into Persian, content, convergent and discriminant, construct validity (exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis), and reliability of the P-HHI were assessed.

Results

The results of exploratory factor analysis showed that the P-HHI was composed of two factors: Life Expectancy and Thinking Positive, which explained 55.20% of the total variance.

Significance of results

The research revealed that the P-HHI has acceptable validity and reliability, which can be used to measure the hope concept among Iranian patients with cancer.

Keywords

Herth Hope IndexIranPatients with cancerReliability and validity
Type
Original Article
Information
Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 21 , Issue 6 , December 2023 , pp. 1041 - 1047
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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