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Published on: March 6, 2018
Exploring psychological resilience and demoralisation in prostate cancer survivors
Ching Hui Chien1, See Tong Pang2,3, Cheng Keng Chuang2,3
1College of Nursing, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei City, Taiwan.
Objective:
This study aimed to investigate psychological resilience and demoralisation and their predictors and mediators in prostate cancer survivors (PCSs).
Methods:
A cross-sectional research design was used. PCSs (N = 122; mean time since diagnosis = 54.79 months, range in 13 years and 2 months) were recruited using convenience sampling at the outpatient department of a hospital in Taiwan. Data collection was conducted using self-report structured questionnaires, including one for demographic and disease characteristics, the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite, Cancer Survivors' Self-Efficacy Scale, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale and the Demoralisation Scale.
Results:
In PCSs, a lower most-recent level of prostate-specific antigen and higher cancer-specific self-efficacy were associated with better psychological resilience. Further, fewer hormonal, bowel and urinary symptoms and bother; higher cancer-specific self-efficacy; and better psychological resilience were associated with less demoralisation. Cancer-specific self-efficacy was a mediator for the relationship between urinary symptoms and bother and demoralisation, while psychological resilience mediated the relationship between cancer-specific self-efficacy and demoralisation.
Conclusions:
The results reveal that cancer-specific self-efficacy is a protective factor against demoralisation and increases psychological resilience in PCSs. Better psychological resilience and fewer physical symptoms and bother are associated with less demoralisation in PCSs.
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