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Psychosocial Factors Predicting Resilience in Family Caregivers of Children with Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Study

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  • Filiberto Toledano-Toledano

    (Evidence-Based Medicine Research Unit, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, National Institute of Health, Dr. Márquez 162, Doctores, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City 06720, Mexico)

  • David Luna

    (Comisión Nacional de Arbitraje Médico. Mitla No. 250-10 Piso, esq. Eje 5 Sur (Eugenia), Col. Narvarte, Benito Juárez, Mexico City 03020, Mexico)

  • José Moral de la Rubia

    (Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Dr. Carlos Canseco, 110, Esq. Dr. Aguirre Pequeño, Col. Mitras Centro, Monterrey 64460, Mexico)

  • Silvia Martínez Valverde

    (Centro de Estudios Económicos y Sociales en Salud, Hospital Infantil de México Federico, Gómez, National Institute of Health, Dr. Márquez 162, Doctores, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City 06720, Mexico)

  • Carlos Alberto Bermúdez Morón

    (Evidence-Based Medicine Research Unit, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, National Institute of Health, Dr. Márquez 162, Doctores, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City 06720, Mexico)

  • Marcela Salazar García

    (Evidence-Based Medicine Research Unit, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, National Institute of Health, Dr. Márquez 162, Doctores, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City 06720, Mexico)

  • Mario José Vasquez Pauca

    (Facultad de Trabajo Social, Universidad Nacional del Altiplano Puno, Floral 1153, Puno 21001, Peru)

Abstract

Chronic diseases in childhood can affect the physical and mental health of patients and their families. The objective of this study was to identify the sociodemographic and psychosocial factors that predict resilience in family caregivers of children with cancer and to define whether there are differences in the levels of resilience derived from these sociodemographic variables. Three hundred and thirty family caregivers of children with cancer, with an average age of 32.6 years were interviewed. The caregivers responded to a battery of tests that included a questionnaire of sociodemographic variables, the Measuring Scale of Resilience, the Beck Depression Inventory, the Inventory of Quality of Life, the Beck Anxiety Inventory, an interview of caregiver burden and the World Health Organization Well-Being Index. The main findings indicate that family caregivers of children with cancer reported high levels of resilience, which were associated positively with quality of life, psychological well-being and years of study and associated negatively with depression, anxiety and caregiver burden. The variables that predicted resilience in families of children with cancer were quality of life, psychological well-being, depression and number of children. Family caregivers who were married and Catholic showed higher resilience scores. We conclude that being a caregiver in a family with children with cancer is associated with symptoms of anxiety and with depressive episodes. These issues can be overcome through family strength, well-being, quality of life and positive adaptation processes and mobilization of family resources.

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  • Filiberto Toledano-Toledano & David Luna & José Moral de la Rubia & Silvia Martínez Valverde & Carlos Alberto Bermúdez Morón & Marcela Salazar García & Mario José Vasquez Pauca, 2021. "Psychosocial Factors Predicting Resilience in Family Caregivers of Children with Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(2), pages 1-13, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:2:p:748-:d:481725
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    1. Filiberto Toledano-Toledano & José Moral de la Rubia & Miriam Teresa Domínguez-Guedea & Laura A. Nabors & Blanca E. Barcelata-Eguiarte & Eduardo Rocha-Pérez & David Luna & Ahidée Leyva-López & Leonor , 2020. "Validity and Reliability of the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) for Family Caregivers of Children with Cancer," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(21), pages 1-24, October.
    2. Filiberto Toledano-Toledano & José Moral de la Rubia & René Reyes Frometa & Fabiola González Betanzos & Laura Villavicencio Guzmán & Marcela Salazar García, 2020. "The Social Support Networks Scale (SSNS) for Family Caregivers of Children with Cancer: A Psychometric Evaluation," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(21), pages 1-21, October.
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