Hopelessness Assessment in Illness Questionnaire

1.	0	I don’t feel discouraged about my future.
	1	I sometimes feel discouraged about my future.
	2	I often feel discouraged about my future.
2.	0	I don’t have the inner strength to keep fighting this illness.
	1	I don’t know if I have the inner strength to keep fighting this illness.
	2	I have the inner strength to keep fighting this illness.
3.	0	It is hard to think about anything besides my illness.
	1	Sometimes I can think about things other than my illness.
	2	I can put my illness out of my mind most of the time.
4.	0	I don’t let myself feel hopeless.
	1	I try to stay hopeful but sometimes I can’t.
	2	I can’t help feeling hopeless much of the time.
5.	0	I dread every day.
	1	Sometimes it’s hard for me to face the day.
	2	I usually look forward to each day.
6.	0	I feel a sense of control over my life.
	1	I feel in control of some parts of my life.
	2	I have no control over my life.
7.	0	I have nothing to look forward to.
	1	I am looking forward to some things
	2	I am looking forward to many things.
8.	0	I almost always feel hopeful.
	1	Sometimes I feel hopeless but then it passes.
	2	I almost always feel hopeless.