SynthesisSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2019
Do cancer patients use the term resilience? A systematic review of qualitative studies.
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Develop and Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Self-Care Smartphone Application on the Self-Efficacy, and Resilience Among Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment
An Investigation of the Factors Related to Attitudes Towards Hospice and Palliative Care Among the Bunun Tribe in Taiwan: A Case Study of the Lona Village in Nantou
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Conceptualisation and Measurement of Resilience of Adults With Cancer: An Umbrella Review.Journal of advanced nursing · 2025Pooled it
- Caring-Healing Modalities for Emotional Distress and Resilience in Persons with Cancer: A Scoping Review.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Review
- Potential mechanisms underlying the effect of walking exercise on cancer-related fatigue in cancer survivors.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- A scoping review of resilience in adults with cancer based on the NIH resilience concept model.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- How can we build structural resilience? Integration of social-ecological and minority stress models.The American psychologist · 2024Article
- 'Between Inner Strength and Fighting Prejudice': Psycho-Social Processes Implemented by Women with Leukemia Along the Illness Trajectory: A Grounded Theory Study.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2024Article
- Resilience in the Face of Cancer: On the Importance of Defining and Studying Resilience as a Dynamic Process of Adaptation.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2024Article
- Resilience in adults with colorectal cancer: Refining a conceptual model using a descriptive qualitative approach.Journal of advanced nursing · 2023Article
- Being away from home for cancer treatment: a qualitative study of patient experience and supportive care needs during radiation therapy.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2022Article
- Resilience: an essential element in head and neck cancer survivorship and quality of life.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Article
- Effect of a self-help educational program with peer group on anxiety of mothers of children with cancer: A clinical trial study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeResilience is a dynamic process of positive adaptation to adversity, including cancer. While the term is used frequently by researchers, controversy exists over its conceptualisation and little is known if and how cancer patients use the term resilience. We examined qualitative studies exploring cancer patient experiences/perceptions of resilience to understand: (a) definitions of resilience as identified by patients and researchers and (b) the themes relating to attributes of resilience as identified by patients.
methodsFour electronic databases (MEDLINE, PsycINFO, SCOPUS, and CINAHL) were searched from database inception to November 2017, identifying qualitative studies of adult cancer patients/survivors which included resilience and cancer in the title, abstract, or medical subject headings. Articles were excluded if resilience was not a theme or outcome or was discussed primarily in the context of non-individuals. Thematic analysis was used to code studies and generate analytical themes, and a single author identified definitions of resilience within the studies.
resultsFive hundred and seventy-three non-duplicate citations were screened, resulting in 65 citations screened for full-text review. Of these, 33 were excluded, leaving 32 studies. Four thematic categories emerged; coping strategies, social support, spirituality, and growth, within which 79 individual themes were identified. Eight researcher definitions and no patient definitions of resilience were identified.
conclusionThis review found no cancer patient definitions of resilience and that cancer patients are seldom quoted using the term resilience directly, instead identifying coping strategies, social support, growth, and spirituality as attributes associated with resilience.
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