Habibpour Zeinab, Mahmoudi Hosein, Nir Masoud Sirati, Areshtanab Hossein Namdar
Department of Medical-surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Trauma Research Center and Faculty of Nursing, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Indian J Palliat Care. 2019 Jan-Mar;25(1):79-83. doi: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_128_18.
As a common debilitating illness, cancer is among the leading causes of child mortality in developed and developing countries. Cancer diagnosis for children is considerably stressful for their parents. Resilience is a key factor behind effective coping with cancer-related problems. This study evaluated resilience and its predictors among the parents of children with cancer.
This study evaluated resilience and its predictors among the parents of children with cancer.
This cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study was conducted in 2017 on 400 parents of children with cancer in Tabriz Children's Hospital, Iran.
A demographic questionnaire and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale were used to collect the data. Parents were conveniently recruited from Tabriz Children's Hospital.
Data were analyzed using the SPSS for Windows program (v. 16) via descriptive and inferential statistical methods.
The mean score of parents' resilience was 66.83 ± 14.28. Fathers obtained significantly higher resilience scores than mothers ( < 0.001). The predictors of parents' resilience were financial status, parents' gender, fathers' employment status, and children's gender.
The parents of cancer-afflicted children, particularly their mothers, have low resilience and therefore may be at risk for different physical and mental health problems. Health-care providers need to identify at-risk parents and provide them with greater psychological and educational support.
癌症作为一种常见的使人衰弱的疾病，是发达国家和发展中国家儿童死亡的主要原因之一。对儿童进行癌症诊断对其父母来说压力极大。心理韧性是有效应对癌症相关问题的关键因素。本研究评估了癌症患儿父母的心理韧性及其预测因素。
本研究评估了癌症患儿父母的心理韧性及其预测因素。
本横断面描述性分析研究于2017年在伊朗大不里士儿童医院对400名癌症患儿的父母进行。
使用一份人口统计学问卷和康纳-戴维森心理韧性量表收集数据。父母是从大不里士儿童医院方便抽样招募的。
数据通过Windows版SPSS程序（版本16）使用描述性和推断性统计方法进行分析。
父母心理韧性的平均得分为66.83±14.28。父亲的心理韧性得分显著高于母亲（<0.001）。父母心理韧性的预测因素为经济状况、父母性别、父亲的就业状况和孩子的性别。
癌症患儿的父母，尤其是其母亲，心理韧性较低，因此可能面临各种身心健康问题的风险。医疗保健提供者需要识别有风险的父母，并为他们提供更多的心理和教育支持。
