Resilience and Psychological Wellbeing among Parents of Leukemic Child at 57357 Hospital

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Nurse, children’s cancer hospital, Cairo, Psychiatric/ Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University

2 Psychiatric/ Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University, Cairo.

Abstract

Background: Parents of child with leukemia are hidden patients in need of
protection, which they have a significant negative impact on their psychological wellbeing.
Resilience is an aspect of psychosocial care that affects the parents' well-being. Aim: This
study aimed to assess resilience and psychological wellbeing among parents of child with
leukemia. Design: A descriptive research design was utilized in this study. Setting: this
study was carried out in children’s cancer hospital in Egypt 57357 at fifth floor. Subjects:
simple random sample of 93 parents of child with leukemia. Tools: 1) Interviewing Socio-
Demographic Questionnaire, 2) Connor-Davidson Resilience scale, 3) Ryff’s Psychological
Well-Being Scale. Results: the study revealed that half of parents of child with leukemia had
moderate levels of resilience and psychological wellbeing. Conclusion: The current study
results revealed that there was positive significant correlation between resilience and
psychological well-being among parents of child with leukemia. Ultimately, these results
may assist the research in Psychiatric Health Nursing department to design interventions that
influencing resilience among parents of child with leukemia. Recommendations: Future
research to assess the factors that influencing resilience among parents of child with cancer

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Volume 10, Issue 1
March 2019
Pages 476-487

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