Factors Related to Resilience among Elderly Patients with End Stage Renal Disease

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This research aimed to study the resilience of elderly patients with endstage renal disease (ESRD) and its related factors towards hope, self-efficacy, optimism,and family relationships RESEARCH TOOLS AND METHOD: This present study is a piece of descriptivecorrelation research. The samples included ninety-seven elderly patients who werediagnosed with ESRD and treated at the Outpatient Department, Chronic Kidney Diseaseand Artificial Kidney 1 Clinic, Sakaeo Crown Prince Hospital. The data were collectedusing interviews, and they were then analyzed with descriptive statistics and Pearson’sCorrelation Coefficient. RESULTS: The findings revealed that the studied samples had moderate resilience(71.1%). A significant positive correlation was found between resilience and hope(r = 0.536, p < 0.001) family relationships (r = 0.449, p < 0.001) and self-efficacy(r = 0.349, p < 0.001). While, optimism (r = 0.289, p = 0.004) was found as a lowpositive correlation to resilience among the elderly people with ESRD CONCLUSION: Among the elderly patients with ESRD in this study, a significantpositive correlation was found between resilience and hope, self-efficacy, optimism, andfamily relationships. Therefore, nurses or healthcare professionals who are taking careof elderly patients with ESRD should focus on those factors to promote resilience amongpatients with ESRD. Keywords: resilience, elderly, end stage renal disease, ESRD