Esubalew Mezgebu,1 Emebet Berhan,2 Leul Deribe2
1Jimma Medical Center, Pediatrics Oncology Unit, Jimma, Ethiopia; 2Addis Ababa University College of Health Science, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Correspondence: Leul Deribe
Addis Ababa University College of Health Sciences, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Addis Ababa 4412, Ethiopia
Tel +251 911 97 39 83
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Purpose: Resilience is an ability to overcome adversities in response to a potentially traumatic event. It relieves parents’ discomfort and builds personal capacity when facing a stressful situation like childhood cancer. Therefore, the study’s objective is to assess the magnitude of resilience and its predictors among the parents of children with cancer at Jimma medical center, Ethiopia, 2020.
Methods: The institutional-based cross-sectional design was employed on 126 parents of children with cancer at Jimma Medical Center. All study populations who attend the hospital from February 25 to April 25, 2020, and fulfill the inclusion criteria were included. Data were entered into Epi data version 4.6.0.2 and analyzed by SPSS version 25. Descriptive analysis was used to describe the study variables. Furthermore, linear regression analysis was calculated to assess predictors of resilience.
Results: The level of resilience among parents’ children with cancer were a mean scored 51.41± 12.02. In this study, factors associated with resilience were receiving support from friends (β=5.67, 95% CI=1.58, 9.77; P=0.007), attend recreational activities (β=13.8, 95% CI=5.32, 22.37; P=0.03) and receiving health information from health care professionals (β=6.37; 95% CI= (1.75, 11.00), P=0.007), parents depression (β= − 0.827, 95% CI= (− 1.619,-0.034), P=0.041) and parents stress (β =− 0.88,95% CI (− 1.54,-0.23), P=0.031).
Conclusion: The magnitude of resilience among parents of children with cancer was low relative to other studies. Support from friends, attending recreational activities, and receiving health information from health care professionals were positively associated with resilience. In contrast, parents’ depression and stress were negatively associated with resilience.
Keywords: resilience, Jimma Medical Center, parents of children with cancer
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