| Literature DB >> 25612835 |
Wei-Wen Wu1, Shao-Yu Tsai2, Shu-Yuan Liang3, Chieh-Yu Liu3, Shiann-Tarng Jou2, Donna L Berry4.
Abstract
Understanding how cancer symptom distress and resilience contribute to quality of life (QoL) in adolescent cancer and may potentially help these patients achieve better health-related outcomes. The objective of this study was to describe cancer symptom distress, QoL, and resilience in adolescents with cancer and to determine whether resilience is a mediating variable. Forty adolescent cancer patients were recruited, and data were collected via a demographic questionnaire, the Cancer Symptom Distress Scale, the Resilience Scale, and the Minneapolis-Manchester Quality of Life Scale. Pearson's correlation, multiple regressions, and the Sobel test were conducted. Both resilience and cancer symptom distress were regressed against QoL, accounting for 62.1% of observed variation in QoL scores. The bootstrap result estimated the true indirect effect between -.0189 and -.0024, with a 95% confidence interval. Resilience mediates the relationship between cancer symptom distress and QoL. Clinical use of a resilience measure, for example to use in developing and evaluating interventions focused on enhancing resilience, may be practical for nurses.Entities:
Keywords: adolescent; cancer symptom; mediating effect; quality of life; resilience
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Year: 2015 PMID： 25612835 DOI： 10.1177/1043454214563758
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pediatr Oncol Nurs ISSN： 1043-4542 Impact factor: 1.636