Resilience-related Breast Cancer: A Concept Analysis
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Title
Resilience-related Breast Cancer: A Concept Analysis
Subject
Breast cancer, concept analysis, resilience, Walker-Avant methods
Description
Background: Breast cancer-related adversity can result in severe psychological
issues. However, some patients were able to demonstrate resilience, while others
were not. Therefore, the concept of resilience in breast cancer patients requires
further clarification.
Purpose: This study aimed to systematically analyze resilience in patients with
breast cancer, its attributes, antecedents, consequences, and empirical referents.
Methods: This concept analysis used the Walker and Avant method. CINAHL,
Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, Cochrane, and Medline-OVID databases
were explored using the keywords ‘resilience*’ and ‘breast cancer’. Papers discussing
resilience among breast cancer patients were used as criteria for inclusion. The
analysis focused on the redefinition of resilience-related breast cancer by identifying
attributes, antecedents, and consequences.
Results: A total of 53 studies were analyzed to construct resilience among breast
cancer patients. The analysis identified that resilience in breast cancer patients has
three defining attributes: coping, optimism, and social support. The antecedents
were body image after mastectomy, symptom distress, cancer-related stigma, and
fear of cancer recurrence, while the consequences included recorded as the quality
of life and post-traumatic growth.
Conclusion: Critical characteristics of resilience in breast cancer patients were
coping, optimism, and social support. Thus, improving those characteristics might
improve the quality of life and post-traumatic growth.
issues. However, some patients were able to demonstrate resilience, while others
were not. Therefore, the concept of resilience in breast cancer patients requires
further clarification.
Purpose: This study aimed to systematically analyze resilience in patients with
breast cancer, its attributes, antecedents, consequences, and empirical referents.
Methods: This concept analysis used the Walker and Avant method. CINAHL,
Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, Cochrane, and Medline-OVID databases
were explored using the keywords ‘resilience*’ and ‘breast cancer’. Papers discussing
resilience among breast cancer patients were used as criteria for inclusion. The
analysis focused on the redefinition of resilience-related breast cancer by identifying
attributes, antecedents, and consequences.
Results: A total of 53 studies were analyzed to construct resilience among breast
cancer patients. The analysis identified that resilience in breast cancer patients has
three defining attributes: coping, optimism, and social support. The antecedents
were body image after mastectomy, symptom distress, cancer-related stigma, and
fear of cancer recurrence, while the consequences included recorded as the quality
of life and post-traumatic growth.
Conclusion: Critical characteristics of resilience in breast cancer patients were
coping, optimism, and social support. Thus, improving those characteristics might
improve the quality of life and post-traumatic growth.
Creator
Fitria Endah Janitra1,2, Nur Aini2,3, Anggi Lukman Wicaksana2,4
Source
https://doi.org/10.14710/nmjn.v13i1.45996
Date
30 April 2023
Contributor
PERI IRAWAN
Format
PDF
Language
ENGLISH
Type
TEXT
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Collection
Citation
Fitria Endah Janitra1,2, Nur Aini2,3, Anggi Lukman Wicaksana2,4, “Resilience-related Breast Cancer: A Concept Analysis,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed February 21, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/11170.