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KMID : 1035120120120020139
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Asian Oncology Nursing
2012 Volume.12 No. 2 p.139 ~ p.146
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Impact of Uncertainty on Resilience in Cancer Patients
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Cha Kyung-Suk
Kim Kyung-Hee
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was designed to identify the impact of uncertainty degree and uncertainty appraisal on cancer patients resilience.
Methods: A sample of 181 patients with cancer was recruited from a hospital in Incheon. Data were collected from May 20 to August 25, 2011. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficient and multiple regression with the SPSS/WIN 12.0 program.
Results: The resilience for cancer patients showed a significant relationship with uncertainty degree and uncertainty appraisal. The significant factors influencing resilience were uncertainty degree and uncertainty appraisal, they explained 26.5% of the variance.
Conclusion: Patients with cancer were adversely affected by uncertaint which led to a negative effect on resilience. The result suggests that intervention programs to reduce the level of uncertainty among patients could improve the resilience of cancer patients.
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KEYWORD
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Uncertainty, Resilience, Neoplasms
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