Resilience of family caregivers of children and adolescents in treatment of neoplasms and associated factors

• Main Authors: Jaqueline Scalabrin da Silva (Author), Otavio Fereira Moraes (Author), Luiza Dressler Sabin (Author), Franciele Ormizinda Almeida (Author), Tânia Solange Bosi de Souza Magnago (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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• Notes: 1984-0446; 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0388
• Keywords: Resilience Psychological; Nursing; Occupational Health; Neoplasms; Caregivers; Nursing; RT1-120
• Source: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, Vol 74, Iss 6 (2021)

ABSTRACT Objectives: analyze the level of resilience of family caregivers of children and adolescents hospitalized for cancer treatment and associated factors. Methods: cross-sectional study, carried out in 2018, with 62 family caregivers in a university hospital in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The instruments CDRisc-10-Br, SRQ20, PSS-14 and WHOQOL-Bref were used to measure resilience, minor psychological disorders, stress, and quality of life, respectively. Inferential statistics were used. Results: female caregivers, married, with one child and who practice some predominated religion. They were classified as having a moderate level of resilience (48.4%); with suspicion for minor psychological disorders (45%) and high level of stress (41%). In terms of quality of life, they were satisfied in the Physical, Psychological and Social Relations domains; and dissatisfied in the Environment domain. Conclusions: there were direct weak to moderate correlations between the level of resilience and quality of life and inversely with stress and minor psychological disorders.