RT Journal Article
T1 Clinical and sociodemographic factors that may influence the resilience of women surviving breast cancer: cross-sectional study
A1 Ruiz-Román, Cristóbal
A1 Padilla- Ruiz, María
A1 Pérez-Ruiz, Elisabet
A1 Rueda, Antonio
A1 Redondo, Maximinio
A1 Rivas-Ruiz, Francisco
K1 Cáncer - Aspectos psicológicos
AB Purpose Breast cancer is one of the most common diseases, affecting many thousands of women. Although more than 80% of women survive the experience, very few studies have been conducted to examine the question of resilience among long-term survivors of breast cancer. The aim of this study is to describe the clinical and sociodemographic factors that correlate with greater resilience in women survivors of breast cancer, in the Costa del Sol Health Area (Spain).Methods Accordingly, a descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted, with respect to 59 survivors of breast cancer, who eachcompleted a questionnaire for analysis according to the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC).Results The median resilience score was 77 (interquartile range 70–80). The group of patients who had survived for six or more years since the diagnosis had a higher score for total resilience (90: IR 76–92) than those diagnosed more recently (74: IR 65.7– 83.7) (p = 0.012). Regarding the patients’ education background, the group with no formal qualifications or only primary studies had a score of 72 (IR 64–84), versus 79 (IR 74–89.7) for the group with higher levels of education (p = 0.016). Of the clinical variables, only the administration of chemotherapy was significantly associated with the score obtained on the CD-RISC scale (p = 0.012).Conclusions The results obtained in this study lead us to conclude that sociodemographic and clinical factors have a positive impact on the level of resilience among women resident in the Costa del Sol Health Area and who are long-term survivors of breast cancer.
YR 2019
FD 2019-01-04
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36982
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36982
LA eng
NO (2019), 27, 1279-1286
NO We are grateful for the support received from the Costa del Sol Health Agency, particularly the Research Unit, and we also thank all the women who took part in this studyWe would like to thank the Supportive Care in Cancer for incorporating this accepted version of the work published in the journal into this institutional repository.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
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