The role of illness-related cognition in the relationships between resilience and depression/anxiety in nasopharyngeal cancer patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Resilience has been reported as an important predictor of better mental health and prognoses in cancer patients, while its mechanisms were not clearly elucidated. In this study, we surveyed a large sample of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients to investigate the mediating role of illness-related cognition (illness perception, stigma and meaning in life) on the associations between resilience and symptoms of anxiety and depression.

Methods

This cross-sectional study involved 773 participants diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Participants completed a self-reported structured questionnaire to assess their illness perception, stigma and meaning in life, resilience and symptoms of anxiety and depression. Structural equation models (SEM) were employed to explore the

SUBMITTER: Wang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10726906 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature