Correlations of resilience with coping styles and quality of life in patients with malignancies

Table 1 Comparison of patients’ demographic data and resilience scores

Characteristic	n = 175	Resilience score	F/t	P value
Age
≤ 45	31	60.97 ± 3.67	20.29	< 0.0001
46-59	95	67.51 ± 5.11
≥ 60	49	69.12 ± 7.81
Sex			0.240	0.811
Male	84	66.68 ± 6.35
Female	91	66.91 ± 6.51
Marital status			0.417	0.660
Single	24	67.50 ± 7.27
Married	119	66.50 ± 5.45
Divorced or widowed	32	67.41 ± 5.51
Education level			4.674	< 0.0001
Junior high school or below	58	63.76 ± 6.32
Senior high school or above	117	68.31 ± 5.93
Employment status			11.07	< 0.0001
Employed	96	67.23 ± 5.95
Retired	45	68.93 ± 7.41
Unemployed	34	62.58 ± 3.30
Monthly household income			14.40	< 0.0001
< 3000	21	63.10 ± 4.15
3000-6000	64	65.80 ± 5.90
6001-10000	60	66.18 ± 6.78
> 10000	30	72.77 ± 3.97
Medical expense payment mode			0.620	0.539
Medical insurance	79	66.94 ± 6.59
Cooperative medical care	51	66.02 ± 6.14
Self-supporting	45	67.44 ± 6.45
Disease awareness			0.964	0.336
With	81	66.30 ± 5.97
Without	94	67.23 ± 6.78
Disease staging			5.068	< 0.0001
I-II	102	68.75 ± 5.71
III-IV	73	64.08 ± 5.82

Table 2 Scores of coping styles and social support

Characteristic	Scores
Coping styles
Confrontation	17.49 ± 1.20
Avoidance	17.27 ± 1.46
Resignation	11.19 ± 1.29
Social support
Subjective support	10.67 ± 1.80
Objective support	11.26 ± 2.08
Support utilization	9.24 ± 1.14

Table 3 Quality of life scores of patients

Characteristic	Scores
Physical function	53.49 ± 23.91
Role function	49.05 ± 31.85
Cognitive function	54.00 ± 30.64
Emotional function	53.48 ± 29.31
Social function	57.05 ± 27.70
Fatigue	48.85 ± 30.68
Pain	54.29 ± 30.07
Nausea and vomiting	51.24 ± 28.92
Polypnea	50.29 ± 32.34
Appetite loss	48.76 ± 33.67
Insomnia	50.10 ± 32.73
Constipation	48.57 ± 31.91
Diarrhea	50.67 ± 33.87
Economic difficulties	55.43 ± 32.86
General health	58.67 ± 28.75

Table 4 Correlation between resilience dimensions and coping styles

Characteristic	Resilience, r	Resilience, P value	Tenacity, r	Tenacity, P value	Self-improvement, r	Self-improvement, P value	Optimism, r	Optimism, P value
Confrontation	0.649	< 0.0001	0.539	< 0.0001	0.371	< 0.0001	0.224	0.003
Avoidance	-0.560	< 0.0001	-0.461	< 0.0001	-0.358	< 0.0001	-0.125	0.098
Resignation	-0.668	< 0.0001	-0.608	< 0.0001	-0.338	< 0.0001	-0.121	0.110

Table 5 Correlation between resilience dimensions and social support

Characteristic	Resilience, r	Resilience, P value	Tenacity, r	Tenacity, P value	Self-improvement, r	Self-improvement, P value	Optimism, r	Optimism, P value
Subjective support	0.410	< 0.0001	0.323	< 0.0001	0.241	0.001	0.195	0.009
Objective support	0.149	0.048	0.139	0.065	0.046	0.541	0.077	0.308
Support utilization	0.379	< 0.0001	0.266	0.0004	0.260	0.0005	0.267	0.003

Table 6 Correlation between various resilience dimensions and quality of life

Characteristic	Resilience, r	Resilience, P value	Tenacity, r	Tenacity, P value	Self-improvement, r	Self-improvement, P value	Optimism, r	Optimism, P value
Physical function	0.406	< 0.0001	0.358	< 0.0001	0.207	0.006	0.112	0.142
Role function	0.464	< 0.0001	0.368	< 0.0001	0.255	0.0006	0.250	0.0008
Cognitive function	0.449	< 0.0001	0.316	< 0.0001	0.323	< 0.0001	0.225	0.003
Emotional function	0.382	< 0.0001	0.360	< 0.0001	0.188	0.013	0.032	0.674
Social function	0.374	< 0.0001	0.341	< 0.0001	0.159	0.035	0.128	0.093
Fatigue	-0.399	< 0.0001	-0.415	< 0.0001	-0.113	0.138	-0.068	0.372
Pain	-0.102	0.179	-0.108	0.156	-0.034	0.655	0.002	0.978
Nausea and vomiting	-0.097	0.200	-0.125	0.099	0.026	0.729	-0.043	0.576
Polypnea	-0.044	0.567	-0.078	0.306	0.039	0.610	-0.043	0.576
Appetite loss	0.028	0.716	0.043	0.576	-0.015	0.845	0.002	0.984
Insomnia	-0.368	< 0.0001	-0.290	< 0.0001	-0.239	0.001	-0.123	0.106
Constipation	0.106	0.164	0.084	0.272	0.019	0.801	0.147	0.052
Diarrhea	-0.007	0.928	-0.011	0.885	-0.027	0.726	0.071	0.354
Economic difficulties	-0.408	< 0.0001	-0.390	< 0.0001	-0.194	0.010	-0.025	0.739
Global health status	0.621	< 0.0001	0.511	< 0.0001	0.348	< 0.0001	0.249	0.0009