450 January 2024. Vol 36. No. 145 1. Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 2. Nursing Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. * Corresponding Author: Moein Salami Address: Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Tel: +98 (937) 7551193 E-Mail: moein.salami@yahoo.com Research Paper Relaonship Between Illness Percepon and Hope in Paents With Leukemia Hospitalized in Selected Hospitals in Tehran, Iran: A Cross-seconal Study Azam Ghorbani 1 , Leila Sayadi 1 , Shima Haqqani 2 , Esmaeil Mohammadnejad 1 , * Moein Salami 1 Background & Aims Paents with leukemia face mental distress that can affect their hope. One of the effecve components in measuring psychological well-being is illness percepon, which refers to the cognive evaluaon and understanding of a medical condion. This study aims to determine the rela- onship between illness percepon and hope in paents with leukemia hospitalized in selected hospi- tals in Tehran, Iran. Materials & Methods This is a descripve-correlaonal study conducted on 200 paents with leukemia hospitalized in selected hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2023. Data collec- on tools were a demographic form, Broadbent et al.’s brief illness percepon quesonnaire (BIPQ) and Snyder’s adult hope scale (AHS). The collected data were analyzed in SPSS soſtware, version 16 using descripve and inferenal stascs such as Pearson’s correlaon test, independent t-test, and analysis of variance. Results The mean total score of BIPQ was 37.45±9.10 and the mean total score of AHS was 32.39±1.88. There was negave and significant correlaon between illness percepon and hope (r=-0.489, P<0.001). Conclusion A more posive percepon of leukemia can improve the hope of paents. It is recommended to implement intervenons to create a posive illness percepon in these paents to increase their hope. A B S T R A C T Keywords: Illness percepon, Hope, Leukemia, Cancer Received: 22 Aug 2023 Accepted: 20 Nov 2023 Available Online: 01 Jan 2024 Citaon Ghorbani A, Sayadi L, Haqqani S, Mohammadnejad E, Salami M. [Relaonship Between Illness Percepon and Hope in Paents With Leukemia Hospitalized in Selected Hospitals in Tehran, Iran: A Cross-seconal Study (Persian)]. Iran Journal of Nursing. 2024; 36(145):450-463. hps://doi.org/10.32598/ijn.36.145.3021 https://doi.org/10.32598/ijn.36.145.3021 Use your device to scan and read the arcle online Copyright © 2024 The Author(s); This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-By-NC: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode.en), which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.