Mediating effect of psychological resilience in breast cancer patients on social support and fertility anxiety / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To study the status and influencing factors of fertility anxiety in breast cancer patients, and analyze the relationship between social support and fertility anxiety and the mediating role of psychological resilience.Methods:From January to May, 2020, 120 young breast cancer patients were investigated by the Cancer Reproductive Anxiety Scale, the Perceived Social Support Scale, and the Self-Resilience Scale and analyze the relationship of psychological resilience, social support with fertility anxiety, as well as the mediating role of psychological resilience among them.Results:Social support, psychological resilience were significantly negatively related to fertility anxiety and all dimensions ( r value was -0.428 to -0.126, P<0.05).Social support had negative predicting effect on fertility anxiety ( β value was -0.386, P<0.001). Psychological resilience of breast cancer patients had a partial mediating role between social support and fertility anxiety, accounting for the 35.8% of the total effect. Conclusions:Psychological resilience plays an important role in alleviating the fertility anxiety of breast cancer patients. Enhancing the psychological elasticity of breast cancer patients is an effective way to alleviate the anxiety of breast cancer patients.