Determination of the feelings of resilience and well-being in individuals who have cancer diagnosis

ABSTRACT Objective: This study was conducted to determine the levels of resilience and well-being of individuals diagnosed with cancer. Method: The study was planned as a descriptive study. It was held with 360 individuals, between January - September 2016 with the individuals who applied to Akdeniz University Hospital Medical Oncology Unit. It was used "Personally Identifiable Features Form", "Resilience Scale" and "Psychological well-being scale". SPSS 23.0 package program was used for statistical analysis. Data were evaluated using independent sample t-test, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson's Correlation test, percentile, mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum values. Results: The mean total score on the psychological well-being scale was 47.83±7.32 and resilience scale was 191.97±26.47. The study was a significant positive correlation between resilience and psychological well-being scale. Individuals with working and good economic status have high levels of well-being. It has been found that individuals have a significant positive relationship between their level of resilience and the level of education, their single status, their work, their good economic status, their living in the city center and their support. There was a negative relationship between the duration of the diagnosis and the level of resilience and well-being. Conclusion: Individuals have high levels of resilience and well-being. A positive relationship was found between the levels of resilience and well-being. In the light of these results, it is suggested that affected factors the resilience and well-being feelings of individuals diagnosed with cancer should be assessed; to be included in nursing education, be creating informative and supportive approaches as institutional and be measuring of the results with different methods as methodological. Key words: resilience, well-being, cancer, psychiatric nursing