Impact of Resilience On Psychological WellBeing in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing ChemotherapyJurnal Keperawatan Padjadjaran
Impact of Resilience On Psychological WellBeing in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing ChemotherapyJurnal Keperawatan Padjadjaran
Abstract
Background: The most commonly used therapy for breast cancer is
chemotherapy. Chemotherapy has physical and psychological side effects
that affect the psychological well-being of the patient. Resilience plays an
important role in changing psychological well-being. Cancer patients who
have low levels of resilience will show negative psychological well-being
and vice versa. However, the condition of cancer patients undergoing
chemotherapy is not yet known whether resilience can change psychological
OPEN ACCESS well-being so that they can adapt to the stressors of chemotherapy.
Purpose: This study aims to analyze the relationship between resilience and
Jurnal Keperawatan Padj- psychological well-being of breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
adjaran (JKP) Methods: This study was conducted using an observational analytic method
with a cross-sectional approach. The population in this study were breast
Volume 10(1), 37-44 cancer patients who underwent chemotherapy sessions 2-6 at one of the
© The Author(s) 2022 hospitals in Malang, Indonesia. A sample of 62 people was obtained by
https://doi.org/10.24198/jkp.
v10i1.1867 using a stratified random sampling technique based on the chemotherapy
sessions the patient underwent. Data Collection used the Connor-Davidson
Article Info Resilience Scale questionnaire. Data analysis procedures were carried out
Received : October 29, 2021 in univariate and bivariate ways (lambda correlation test).
Revised : February 08, 2022
Results: The Univariate analysis showed that the lowest resilience was
Accepted : February 21, 2022
Published : April 25, 2022 experienced by respondents who underwent the second chemotherapy
session and the bivariate analysis showed that there was a positive
Corresponding author correlation between resilience and psychological well-being with p=0.039
Abd Gani Baeda and r=0.267. This means that the higher a person’s resilience, the greater
Department of edical Surgical
Nursing, Faculty of Science and
the chance of having positive psychological well-being.
Technology, Universitas Sem- Conclusion: This study shows that the higher the resilience, the greater the
bilanbelas November Kolaka, probability of experiencing positive psychological well-being. While the higher
Kolaka District, Southeast Su- the resilience, the more likely it is to experience positive psychological well-
lawesi, Indonesia, 93511, Phone:
6282393276800, E-mail: abdgan- being. It is recommended that patients who will undergo chemotherapy are
[email protected] given education related to therapy so that low resilience is not experienced
at the beginning of chemotherapy.
Citation
Baeda, A.G., & Nurwahyuni, E
Keywords: breast cancer; chemotherapy; psychological well-being;
(2022). Impact of Resilience on
Psychological Well-Being In Breast resilience.
Cancer Patients Undergoing Che-
motherapy. Jurnal Keperawatan
Padjadjaran, 10(1), 37-44. https:// Introduction
doi.org/10.24198/jkp.v9i3.1867
Breast cancer cases in the world are ranked second after cervical cancer and
Website become one of the leading causes of mortality for women in the world. The
http://jkp.fkep.unpad.ac.id/index. North American Association of Central Cancer Registries in 2017 mentioned
php/jkp
that in Asia, the incidence of breast cancer is about 907 occurrences per
This is an Open Access article 100,000 people (De Santis et al, 2017). Breast cancer caused 8.8 million
distributed under the terms of deaths in 2015, while in the period 2011-2015 it was 11.3% of deaths and
the Creative Commons Attribu-
increased to 14% of deaths in 2016 (De Santis et al., 2017; Torre et al., 2016).
tion-NonCommercial 4.0 Interna-
tional License. Breast cancer is a type of cancer that is commonly found in Indonesia. The
estimated incidence of cancer cases in women in Indonesia is 12/100,000,
E-ISSN: 2442-7276 about 80% of cases are at an advanced stage, based on the identification of
P-ISSN: 2338-5324
the average cancer patient already in a very concerning condition (Ministry
37
Original Article
of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, 2017). The fulfillment of individual positive psychological function
data above shows that the morbidity and mortality of criteria (Karyono, Dewi and Lela, 2008). Breast
breast cancer has increased every year. cancer patients who have positive psychological
Most symptomatic patients who do not undergo well-being will show self-acceptance, self-reliance,
immediate medical treatment are generally ability to interact with the environment, a purpose in
diagnosed with cancer at an advanced stage. This life, ability to show personal development and ability
is due to the delay of patients coming to health to build positive relationships with others. Negative
services after the appearance of early symptoms psychological well-being will have an impact on an
of breast cancer (Fathania, Rahayuwati, & Yani, individual’s self-acceptance of his or her physical
2019). Advanced breast cancer will affect the quality changes, feeling lost, changing roles, difficulty
of life and prognosis of the sufferer can be disturbed. achieving life goals, as well as awareness of family
(Moatter, T., Aban, M., Iqbal, W., & Pervez, S., 2015). suffering (Zimmermann, Burrell and Jordan, 2018).
Breast cancer patients lead a life of forming patterns In addition, individuals with negative psychological
that become reference throughout their lives. This well-being will feel burdensome to others or families
pattern is an effort to learn, understand and apply because of reduced independence. This is what
a treatment and treatment behavior to support their makes breast cancer patients who have negative
quality of life, one of the efforts made is to undergo psychological well-being problems find it difficult to
therapy (Witdiawati, Rahayuwati, & Sari, 2017). undergo chemotherapy (Lai et al., 2018).
Breast cancer therapy is given based on Negative psychological well-being causes
the stage. Therapy given in stages I and II is a individuals to not have good stress management
combination of breast surgery and radiotherapy, strategies (Mawarpury, 2013). Stress management
a combination of breast surgery, radiotherapy and strategies play a role in maintaining the stability of
chemotherapy. The combination of mastectomy and the psychological condition of breast cancer patients
chemotherapy is mostly done at this stage. While undergoing therapy. The balance of the patient’s
in stage IV, the most widely chosen treatment is a psychological condition plays an important role in
combination of radiotherapy and chemotherapy or the treatment process. Breast cancer patients who
one of them. Of the above therapies, chemotherapy have a good stress management strategy will have
is the most effective and most widely used therapy. improved health, high enthusiasm for life, good social
The choice of therapy also depends largely on socio- function, decreased anxiety about the therapeutic
demographic factors and the patient’s knowledge. process (Karyono, Dewi and Lela, 2008) For breast
The more they know, the better decisions they cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, it is very
make to treat the disease. Although in the end in important to reduce the occurrence of negative
general breast cancer patients decide to undergo psychological effects due to chemotherapy.
chemotherapy (Rahayuwati, Ibrahim, Nurhidayah, Number of visits to breast cancer chemotherapy
& Hendrawati, 2020). at the RST chemotherapy unit. TK II dr. Soepraoen
In stage I, patients have a 70% chance of Malang is ± 95 people every month and 20 of
recovery so that the quality of life is not too disturbed. them are new patients. A preliminary study using a
In stage II, the possibility of recovery by 30-40% questionnaire with guided questions on 10 patients
which causes the quality of life at this stage begins undergoing chemotherapy showed 8 patients (80%)
to be disrupted (Moatter, T., Aban, M., Iqbal, W., & had negative psychological well-being, including
Pervez, S., 2015). Many physical and psychological patients who said that during chemotherapy they
conditions undergo changes due to the side effects experienced limited activity, the patients also said
of chemotherapy. The impact that chemotherapy that they were no longer able to do what they wanted
has on the physical is very diverse. Most patients because they felt limited and dependent on others.
experience gastrointestinal disorders such as Five patients (50%) said they could not accept their
diarrhea, constipation, nausea, vomiting, (Escalante current condition and had limitations in building
et al., 2017) hair loss (Chon et al., 2012), decreased relationships. 9 patients (90%) stated that they had
weight, malnutrition, general weakness (Bicakli et a desire to discontinue chemotherapy because of
al., 2018), and sensory neuropathy (Kuchuk et al., the difficulties experienced during chemotherapy.
2013). Resilience is a factor related to psychological
Psychic impacts caused by chemotherapy such well-being. Patients who have low levels of resilience
as anxiety and depression due to physical changes will show negative psychological well-being. High
(Baati et al., 2010) fear if the disease recurs, anger resilience will make patients able to adapt to
and feel guilty (Costa et al., 2016), self-esteem, stressors (De Couto et al, 2011). Souri & Hasanirad
impaired body image due to the occurrence of (2011) research on medical students as a sample,
alopecia (Baati et al., 2010; Chon et al., 2012) The shows that individuals who have high resilience can
impact of chemotherapy above will have an effect adapt to change so those individuals have positive
on the psychological well-being of patients (Costa psychological well-being. This is influenced by the
et al., 2016). characteristics of individuals who consider religious
Psychological well-being is an overview of an values to play an important role so that a person is
individual’s psychological health based on the optimistic. However, Wang and Tian (2010) research
38
Original Article
Table 4. The Results of The Analysis of The Relationship between Resilience and Psychological Well-Be-
ing
psychological well-being Total r P
Positive Negative
Resilience Low 5 12 17 0.267 0.039
Medium 13 16 29
High 12 4 16
39
Original Article
40
Original Article
41
Original Article
42
Original Article
Fathania, D., Rahayuwati, L., & Yani, D. I. (2019). Cyclooxygenase-2 polymorphisms and breast
Factors that correlate with the health services cancer associated risk in Pakistani patients.
seeking on breast cancer patients. 7(1). https:// Pathology oncology research : POR, 21(1),
doi.org/10.24198/jkp 97–101. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12253-014-
Ifeagwazi, C. M., Chukwuorji, J. B. C. and Zacchaeus, 9792-8
E. A. (2015) ‘Alienation and psychological Moser, A., Silliman, R.A., Stuck, A.E., Clough-Gorr,
wellbeing: Moderation by Resilience’, Social K.M. (2012) ‘Resilience in older breast cancer
Indicators Research, 120(2), pp. 525–544. survivors’, Journal of Geriatric Oncology,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-014-0602-1 3(1), pp. S87–S90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
Ivtzan, I., Chan, C. P., Gardner, H. E., & Prashar, jgo.2012.10.109
K. (2013). Linking religion and spirituality with DeSantis, C. E., Ma, J., Goding Sauer, A., Newman,
psychological well-being: examining self- L. A., & Jemal, A. (2017). Breast cancer
actualisation, meaning in life, and personal statistics, 2017, racial disparity in mortality by
growth initiative. Journal of religion and health, state. CA: a cancer journal for clinicians, 67(6),
52(3), 915–929. https://doi.org/10.1007/ 439–448. https://doi.org/10.3322/caac.21412
s10943-011-9540-2 Rahayuwati, L., Ibrahim, K., Nurhidayah, I., &
Ye, Z. J., Peng, C. H., Zhang, H. W., Liang, M. Z., Hendrawati, S. (2020). The correlation of socio
Zhao, J. J., Sun, Z., Hu, G. Y., & Yu, Y. L. demographic and knowledge factors toward
(2018). A biopsychosocial model of resilience therapy options among breast cancer Patients.
for breast cancer: A preliminary study in 8(3). https://doi.org/10.24198/jkp
mainland China. European journal of oncology Souri, H. and Hasanirad, T. (2011) ‘Relationship
nursing : the official journal of European between resilience, optimism and
Oncology Nursing Society, 36, 95–102. https:// psychological well-being in students of
doi.org/10.1016/j.ejon.2018.08.001 medicine’, Procedia - Social and Behavioral
Karyono, Dewi, K. S. and Lela, T. (2008) ‘Media Sciences, 30, 1541–1544. https://doi.
Medika’, Penanganan stres dan kesejahteraan org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.299
psikologis pasien kanker payudara yang Torre, L. A., Sauer, A. M., Chen, M. S., Jr, Kagawa-
menjalani radioterapi di RSUD Dr. Moewardi Singer, M., Jemal, A., & Siegel, R. L. (2016).
Surakarta, 43(2). Cancer statistics for Asian Americans, Native
Kuchuk, I., Bouganim, N., Beusterien, K., Grinspan, Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, 2016:
J., Vandermeer, L., Gertler, S., Dent, S. F., Converging incidence in males and females.
Song, X., Segal, R., Mazzarello, S., Crawley, CA: a cancer journal for clinicians, 66(3), 182–
F., Dranitsaris, G., & Clemons, M. (2013). 202. https://doi.org/10.3322/caac.21335
Preference weights for chemotherapy side Wang, X. and Tian, J. (2010) ‘A Path Analysis
effects from the perspective of women with Method for Measuring the Resilience of Cancer
breast cancer. Breast cancer research and Patients’, pp. 2–5.
treatment, 142(1), 101–107. https://doi. Wu, Z., Liu, Y., Li, X., & Li, X. (2016). Resilience and
org/10.1007/s10549-013-2727-3 associated factors among mainland Chinese
Lai, X. B., Ching, S., Wong, F., Leung, C., Lee, L. women newly diagnosed with breast cancer.
H., Wong, J., & Lo, Y. F. (2018). The cost- PloS one, 11(12). https://doi.org/10.1371/
effectiveness of a nurse-led care program for journal.pone.0167976
breast cancer patients undergoing outpatient- Witdiawati, Rahayuwati, L., & Sari, S. P. (2017).
based chemotherapy - A feasibility trial. Studi kualitatif pola kehidupan pasien kanker
European journal of oncology nursing : the payudara A Qualitative Study on Breast
official journal of European Oncology Nursing Cancer Patients ’ Life. 5(1), 73–85. http://
Society, 36, 16–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j. dx.doi.org/10.24198/jkp.v5n1.9
ejon.2018.07.001 Yang, F., & Smith, G. D. (2016). Stress, resilience
Lee, K. E. and Lim, K. H. (2019) ‘Mediation effect and psychological well-being in Chinese
of adaptation on the quality of life in patients undergraduate nursing students. Nurse
with gastric cancer undergoing gastrectomy : Education Today 49, 90-95. https://doi.
A structure equation model’, Asian Nursing org/10.1016/j.nedt.2016.10.004
Research, 1(2), pp. 1–9. https://doi. Yurtsever, S. (2010) ‘European Journal of Oncology
org/10.1016/j.anr.2019.01.001 Nursing Relationship between social support
Mawarpury, M. (2013) ‘Coping sebagai prediktor and fatigue in geriatric patients receiving
kesejahteraan psikologis : Studi meta analisis’, outpatient chemotherapy’, European Journal
Psycho Idea, 11(1), pp. 38–47. of Oncology Nursing, 14(5), pp. 61–67. https://
Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia. (2017). doi.org/10.1016/j.ejon.2009.07.001
Pusat data dan informasi Kementerian Zimmermann, F. F., Burrell, B. and Jordan, J.
Kesehatan RI. Ministry of Health Republic of (2018) ‘The acceptability and potential
Indonesia benefits of mindfulness-based interventions in
Moatter, T., Aban, M., Iqbal, W., & Pervez, S. (2015). improving psychological well-being for adults
43
Original Article
44