scholarly journals Pemaknaan Hidup Survivor Kanker Serviks selama Terapi Pengobatan: Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-25
Author(s):  
Regina Aprilia Roberto ◽  
Wahyu Hidayati

Introduction: Cervical cancer treatment process proves to make women experiencing emotional distress that brings new problems in life. Women with cervical cancer who undergo treatment suffer affecting all aspects of life that impact on the meaning of life. There is limited literature review regarding life meaning resources and technique used by women with cervical cancer who undergo treatment. The aim of this study is to find out description about the meaningfulness in life of cervical cancer survivor during treatment period based on sources and technique of finding meaning. Methods: This study used literature review method. The literature search engines used are SCOPUS, SINTA and Google Scholar. The inclusion criteria of article were articles in Indonesian or English, containing sources and techniques for finding meaning in abstract, respondents cervical cancer survivor and published from 2011 to 2020.  Results: Eleven articles show the existence of meaning in life build upon sources of meaning in life including creative, experimental, attitudinal, and hopeful values. Moreover, there are techniques in seeking meaning involving self-understanding, positive action, familiarity with relationships, deepening the values of the meaning of life and worship. Conclusion: The beginning of treatment process results feelings of meaningless, but efforts to make sense of life remain. Family support and spirituality were found to be the things that give the most meaning for cervical cancer survivors to survive.  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yukio Suzuki ◽  
Akiko Sukegawa ◽  
Yutaka Ueda ◽  
Masayuki Sekine ◽  
Takayuki Enomoto ◽  
...  

BACKGROUND Providing adequate information to parents who have children eligible for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is essential to overcoming vaccine hesitancy in Japan, where the government recommendation has been suspended. However, prior trials assessing the effect of brief educational tools showed only limited effects on increasing the willingness of parents to vaccinate their daughters. OBJECTIVE The aim of this trial was to assess the effect of a cervical cancer survivor story on the willingness of parents to get HPV vaccination for their daughters. METHODS In this double-blinded, randomized controlled trial implemented online, we enrolled 2175 participants aged 30–59 years in March 2020 via a webpage and provided them with a questionnaire related to the following aspects: awareness regarding HPV infection and HPV vaccination, and willingness for HPV vaccination. Participants were randomly assigned (1:1) to see a short film of cervical cancer survivor story or nothing, stratified by sex (male vs. female) and willingness to HPV vaccination prior to randomization (Yes vs. No). The primary endpoint was the rate of parents who agreed to HPV vaccination for their daughters. The secondary endpoint was the rate of parents who agreed to HPV vaccination for their daughters and the HPV vaccination rate at 3 months. RESULTS Among 2175 participants, 1266 (58.2%) were men and 909 (41.8%) were women. A total of 191 (8.8%) participants were willing to consider HPV vaccination prior to randomization. Only 339 (15.6%) participants were aware of the benefits of HPV vaccination. In contrast, 562 (25.8%) patients were aware of the adverse events of HPV vaccination. Although only 476 (21.9%) of the respondents displayed a willingness to vaccinate their daughters for HPV, there were 7.5% more respondents in the intervention group with this willingness immediately after watching the short movie (odds ratio [OR] 1.55, 95% CI 1.27-1.91). In a sub-analysis, the willingness to vaccinate daughters for HPV was 10.9% higher in males in the intervention group (OR 1.75, 95% CI 1.36-2.25); however, such a difference was not observed among females (OR 1.25, 95% CI 0.86-1.81). Male participants were more likely to have willingness for HPV vaccination compared to female participants. In the follow-up survey at 3 months, 1807 (83.1%) participants responded. Of these, 149 (8.2%) responded that they had had their daughters receive vaccination during the 3 months, even though we could not see the effect of the intervention; 77 (7.9%) in the intervention group and 72 (8.7%) in the control group. CONCLUSIONS A cervical cancer survivor story increases immediate willingness to consider HPV vaccination, but the effect does not last for 3 months. Furthermore, this narrative approach to parents did not increase vaccination rates in children eligible for HPV vaccination. CLINICALTRIAL UMIN Clinical Trials Registry UMIN000039273; https://upload.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000043714.


Author(s):  
Iddo Landau

After explaining what meaning in life is, the book moves to criticizing certain presuppositions about the meaning of life that unnecessarily lead many people to believe that their lives are meaningless. Among others, it criticizes perfectionism about meaning in life, namely, the assumption that meaningful lives must include some perfection or some rare and difficult achievements. It then responds to recurring arguments made by people who take their lives to be meaningless, such as the arguments claiming that life is meaningless because death eventually annihilates us and everything we do; whatever we do is negligible when examined in the context of the whole universe; we have no free will and, thus, deserve no praise for what we achieve; everything, including meaning, is completely relative; we do not know what the purpose of life is; whenever we achieve something we stop sensing it as valuable; and there is so much suffering and evil in the world. The book also offers strategies that may help people identify what is meaningful in life and increase its meaningfulness. The final chapters consider questions such as whether only religious people can have meaningful lives; whether meaning of life should be discussed only by psychologists; and whether existentialism is a good source of guidance on the meaning of life.


2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 1622-1624
Author(s):  
Suchana Kushvaha ◽  
Sangita Mehta ◽  
Firoz Rajan ◽  
Subramaniam R ◽  
Rupa Renganathan

2020 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 316-317
Author(s):  
A. Greenwood ◽  
T. Castellano ◽  
A.K. Crim ◽  
L.L. Holman

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 143-148
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Ochoa ◽  
Gloria M. Carrillo ◽  
Daniel Sanabria

Author(s):  
Olga Leonidovna Sytykh ◽  
Lyudmila Konstantinovna Sintsova

The subject of this research is the problem of the meaning of life in Russian philosophy and in perception of modern students. Based on the analysis of essays on the topic “The problem of the meaning of life in Russian philosophy and personal perspective on the problem” written by the students of Altai State University, it was determined that the students understand the positions of Russian philosophers in this regard, accept or reject certain points of view described in their philosophical works. Main attention is given to the personal perspective of students on the meaning of life. The article compares the results of analysis of the essays with sociological research presented in the literature. The author revels the life-meaning orientations of modern student youth and their stance on one of the fundamental problems of Russian philosophy. Freedom in choosing the path of life, and right to seek their meaning in life, fulfilling of personal creative potential, good intentions – these are the ideas of Russian philosophers most affined to modern students. The students expressed both negative and positive opinions on the writings of Russian philosophers, which is an expected result of comprehension of a profound topic and attempt at self-determination in modern realties.


2021 ◽  
Vol 72 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Plotti ◽  
Giuseppe Messina ◽  
Corrado Terranova ◽  
Roberto Montera ◽  
Carlo De Cicco Nardone ◽  
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