The Influence of Age And Coping Mechanism on The Resilience of Cancer Patients Undergo Chemotherapy

• Main Authors: Muhammad Saleh Nuwa, Kusnanto, Sri Utami
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Fakultas Keperawatan Unair 2018
• Subjects: RT Nursing
• Online Access: http://repository.unair.ac.id/91787/1/The%20Influence%20of%20Age%20And%20Coping%20Mechanism%20on%20The%20Resilience%20of.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/91787/2/The%20Influence%20of%20Age%20And%20Coping%20Mechanism%20on%20The%20Resilience%20of%20Cancer%20Patients%20Undergo%20Chemotherapy.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/91787/6/The%20Influence%20of%20Age%20And%20Coping02122019.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/91787/; http://eprints.ners.unair.ac.id/729/3/A%20Systematic%20Review%20of%20The%20Predictors%20of%20Perceived%20Autonomy%20by%20Patient%20With%20Chronic%20Kidney%20Disease.pdf
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Background : Resilience is the dynamic capacity of individuals to successfully retain their mental health in the face of life difficulties. Chemotherapy makes patients who have been diagnosed with cancer have a sense of worry, anxiety and fear of facing death threats. Resilience may depend on positive emotions,flexible thinking, age and spirituality. This study aims to determine the effect of age and coping mechanism on the resilience of cancer patients undergo chemotherapy. Method: The study was conducted on 60 respondents. The coping mechanism was measured using 21 items of The Cancer Coping Questionnaire,and the resilience was measured by The 14 item Resilience Scale. Multivariate multiple linear regression analysis was used to predict the effect of age factor and coping mechanism on the resilience of cancer patients undergo chemotherapy. Results : The result showed that 60% of respondents had maladaptiv coping mechanism 83,33% had low enough resilience and only 5% had high resilience. Pearson corelation shows an association between age and resilience, as well as coping mechanisms with resilience. The effect size of age and coping mechanism on resilience is 44, 9%. Conclusion : Age, coping mechanism and resilience are interrelated factors in cancer patient. Adaptive coping mechanism in cancer patients canincrease their resilience undergo chemotherapy.