Hypothesis one: There is no relationship between

 psychosocial variables and survival.

 Hypothesis two: There is no relationship between a set

 of psychosocial variables and survival.

 Hypothesis three: There is no relationship between a

 set of psychosocial variables, co-morbidity, and

 survival.

 Hypothesis four: There is no relationship between co-

 morbidity and psychosocial variables.

 Hypothesis five: There is no relationship between the

 duration of illness from cancer and psychosocial

 variables.

 Hypothesis six: There is no relationship between the

 closeness to death and psychosocial variables.


 Design of the Study

 This was a prospective study of the psychosocial

characteristics of terminal cancer patients and the

progression of their disease. The relationship between

psychosocial variables and survival was investigated using a

correlational design. In addition, the correlations between

certain disease variables and psychosocial variables were

studied through questions formulated during the course of the

study.