Exploring the relationship between illness perception, self-transcendence, and demoralization in patients with lung cancer: A latent profile and mediation analysis.
Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing December 1, 2025 Chunyan He, Shuhui Liu, Xiaoping Ding et al.
This study examined the heterogeneity of illness perceptions in patients with lung cancer and evaluated the mediating role of self-transcendence in the relation between illness perception and demoralization. A convenience sample of 477 patients with lung cancer was selected from three tertiary hospitals in Wuhan, China, between January and June 2024. Participants completed the Brief Illness...
DOI: 10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100638 (opens in new tab)
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Demoralization
Illness perception
Latent profile analysis
Lung cancer
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