S Social support with family caregiver resilience for cancer survivors

Authors

  • Syahfira Roszah
  • Hati IKI Jakarta
  • Puji IKI Jakarta

Keywords:

Family Caregiver, Resilience, Social Support

Abstract

A family caregiver is someone who gives unpaid care to family members and close relatives who are ill or unable to care for themselves. Family caregivers (parents) of children with cancer face a variety of challenges. They must be able to endure these difficult circumstances. Resilience refers to a person’s capacity to preserve in the face of adversity, as have been encountered by family caregivers (parents) of cancer survivors. Social support is one of the elements that impact an individual’s level of resilience. The purpose of this study is to investigate the link between social support and resilience in cancer survivor’s family caregivers (parents). A cross-sectional design was utilized in this study, which included 39 parents of children whit cancer in Jakarta. Purposeful sampling was utilized, and the PearsonCorrelation Product Moment statistical test was used to examine the link between social support and resilience. According to the test findings, r = 0.432 with a p value of 0.006. It is possible to infer that there is a favorable link between social support and resilience in cancer survivor’s family caregivers. According to the findings of this study, the higher the amount of social support received by family caregivers (parents) of cancer survivor’s children, the higher the level of resilience.

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2022-07-26

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