Psychology Research and Behavior Management (Aug 2022)

The Mediating Effects of Resilience on Perceived Social Support and Fear of Cancer Recurrence in Glioma Patients

  • Zhong M,
  • She F,
  • Wang W,
  • Ding L,
  • Wang A

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Vol. Volume 15
pp. 2027 – 2033

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Mengshi Zhong,1 Fei She,2 Weijie Wang,1 Lianshu Ding,1 Aifeng Wang1 1Department of Neurosurgery, Huai’an First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Huai’an, 223300, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Nursing Administration, Huai’an First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Huai’an, 223300, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Lianshu Ding; Aifeng Wang, Department of Neurosurgery, Huai’an First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Huai’an, 223300, People’s Republic of China, Email [email protected]; [email protected]: To investigate the mediating effect of resilience on perceived social support and fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) in glioma patients.Methods: A total of 128 glioma patients were enrolled for the survey by Connor-Davidson resilience scale (CD-RISC), perceived social support scale (PSSS) and Chinese version of fear of progression questionnaire-short form (FoP-Q-SF). Structural equation model was used to analyze the effects of resilience.Results: The score of FCR in glioma patients was 29.52± 8.30. A total of 47 patients had FCR (total score ≥ 34), with an incidence of 36.7%. There was a correlation between FCR, resilience and social support (P< 0.01). The resilience between perceived social support and FCR in glioma patients had good fitting with the structural equation model. Resilience played a mediating role between perceived social support and FCR, with a mediating effect of 48.4%.Conclusion: The level of resilience can be improved by improving the perceived social support in patients with glioma to reduce the FCR of patients.Keywords: glioma, fear of cancer recurrence, resilience, perceived social support, mediating effect

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