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Determination of the psychiatric symptoms and psychological resilience levels of hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients and their relatives
Author(s) -
Çuhadar D.,
Tanriverdi D.,
Pehlivan M.,
Kurnaz G.,
Alkan S.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
european journal of cancer care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.849
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1365-2354
pISSN - 0961-5423
DOI - 10.1111/ecc.12219
Subject(s) - medicine , coping (psychology) , hematopoietic stem cell transplantation , psychological resilience , transplantation , psychiatry , stem cell , clinical psychology , psychology , psychotherapist , biology , genetics
This study was performed to evaluate psychiatric symptoms and resilience levels of the hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients and their relatives. The study enrolled 51 patients and 45 relatives undergoing bone marrow transplantation. Data were collected using P ersonal I nformation F orm, B rief S ymptom I nventory and R esilience S cale for A dults. Psychiatric symptoms of both patients and their relatives were negatively associated with resilience levels. Patients and their relatives with a higher degree of resilience showed a lower degree of psychiatric symptoms. The study results demonstrate that haematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a process that affects patients as well as their families. We suggest that patients and their family members be evaluated for psychiatric symptoms by nurses during this process and resilience level of patients be increased by helping them improve their coping and problem‐solving skills for adaptation throughout the process.