Family resilience of cancer patients:a conceptual analysis / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

ObjectTo explore the concept of family resilience of cancer patients through literature review and provide references for future nursing and interventions in family resilience of cancer patients.Method:Related articles selected from CNKI, Wanfang Data, Vip database, PubMed, Web of Science, Medline and EBSCO were analyzed with Walker and Avant′s concept analysis.Result:We understood the application status of family resilience in domestic and foreign literature and explicit the define attributes of concept. Based on this concept, we analyzed the antecedents and outcome of the concept and in finally make a summary about evaluation indicator.Conclusion:Family resilience of cancer patients has itself peculiarity and growing trend. By analyzing this concept, on the one hand it can contribute to develop and understand the concept in the future and on the other hand it can offer a theoretical framework to implement the interventions of family resilience.