Resilience of Parents Having Children With Cancer Clinical Trial
Official title:
An Exploratory Study of Resilience in Parents of Children With Cancer
Caring for children with cancer is described as life-changing experience and overwhelming
stress for parents. Poor quality of life and mental health problems such as depression and
anxiety were found in this population. The psychological status of them is still waited to be
improved. As a dominant term in positive psychology, resilience is commonly regarded as the
ability to move forward or keep normal under adversity. It was proved to be associated with
psychological outcomes in adolescents and chronic illness patients, enhanced resilience
usually along with improved mental health, while little evidence was available in the parents
of children with cancer.
A cross-sectional study will be conducted to explore the level of resilience and
psychological outcomes such as quality of life, depression, anxiety and well-being in parents
of children with cancer using questionnaires. Such results will be compared with normal
population to help evaluate the psychological status of those parents. The relationship
between resilience and these psychological outcomes will also be examined. Lower resilience
and higher resilience of the parents will be determined by the lowest and highest quartile of
The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) scores. Subsequently, a qualitative study will
be conducted to explore the experience of those parents with lower resilience and higher
resilience.
It is anticipated that risk parents of children with cancer could be identified from the
inferior outcomes of resilience and psychological outcomes. Both the results of
cross-sectional study and qualitative study will guide the development of interventions
designed to enhance resilience and promote positive psychological outcomes among targeted
parents of children with cancer under risk.
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