Cause of Death in Jordan

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ARTICLE CRITIQUE1
Introduction
This article has been presented by Mohannad J. Alkwiese and Wejdan A. Khater and
aims on exploring the predictors of hope among the cancer patients in Jordan. According to
the article, the second biggest cause of death in Jordan is due to cancer and in Jordan having
being diagnosed with cancer is perceived as a shattering news which not only has a huge
effect on the family but on the patients. The paper aims on identifying how hope is generated
among the cancer patients in the country which helps patients in being positive throughout
the process of treatment (Khater & Alkwiese, 2013). It has been seen that there is correlation
which has been identified between hope and the outcomes among cancer patients that are
positive in terms of their health like somatic health, well-being, social functioning and also
healthy lifestyles. Hope is said to help patients who have been diagnosed with cancer to cope
up with the stress by enhancing their mental and physical well-being (Khater & Alkwiese,
2013). Thus, encouraging patients and maintaining the sense of hope among these patients
who are battling and struggling due to cancer is vital and necessary to help these patients
battle the diagnosis and the treatment positively which will help in the recovery process.
Literature review
This article will help in identifying the key and primary factors which contribute to
the rise in the sense of hope among the patients diagnosed or suffering from cancer which is
essential information for the professionals in the healthcare so that they can design proper
interventions which will help in fostering hope in the cancer patients. This will help both the
professionals in the healthcare and also the patients to be positive, build a stronger will power
to fight against the disease, combat patients from having stress and depression and help them
in coping up from the trauma and the disease which will help them in both their physical as
well as mental well-being.

ARTICLE CRITIQUE2
This article provides research on fostering hope which is necessary however not many
research and articles have been found or has been published on the importance of fostering
hope among patients for their well-being. The paper has been structures in a very well
manner which provides all the information in a detailed manner which makes it easy for the
readers to understand the argument that the paper or the article wants to establish.
Research questions, sampling, ethics and data collection
The sample that has been taken to perform the research on the paper is appropriate as
about 170 patients from three different hospitals have been used complying with the ethical
considerations and permission taken from the authorities in those healthcare facilities also
from the patients as well. The authors in this paper have conducted their research during the
hours when the patients would not need any medical interventions so that the research does
not affect any process of treatment of the patients or intervenes with the practice of the
healthcare making the paper appropriate and ethical as well.
Data analysis
The data analysis of the paper consists on inferential as well descriptive analysis
making the paper more authentic and relevant which can be used by healthcare professional
who deals with patients diagnosed with cancer. The paper uses standard deviations
percentage which has been used to assess socio-demographic aspects or factors of the sample
and has also calculated the results of PRQ and HHI. Independent sample t tests were also
conducted that helped in examining the differences in the level of hope and also many times
linear regression analysis was performed.
Discussion
The paper had some limitations where the authors have provided information about
the levels of hope in the article at one point of time whereas hope varies at different level