BACKGROUND: Hopelessness is defined as experiencing negative presuppositions about the future that motivate suicidal patients to consider that suicide is the only practical approach for dealing with their apparently unfathomable issues.
AIM: To assess the correlation between purpose in life and hopelessness. Study Design: Cross sectional prospective study. Setting: OPD Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore. Period: This study was conducted in psychiatry outpatient of sir gang arm hospital, Lahore from 16th December 2017 till 16th June 2018 for the period of 6 months.
METHODS: Total 100 cases were taken for the study. One Hundred attendants of the patient presenting in the psychiatric OPD were taken. The study included attendants of psychiatric patients who were between ages 18-65 years either gender.
RESULTS: It was found that purpose in life and hopelessness had a negative correlation i.e. .=-0.272 and were significantly associated with each other as indicated by a p value of 0.006. Among effect modifiers, gender was significantly associated with Purpose in Life and hopelessness as indicated by a p value of 0.008 and 0.000 respectively.