Abstract

This study was to explore the relationship between self-concept clarity, social support, and psychological resilience in Chinese enterostomy patients. A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted from October 2019 to April 2020 among enterostomy patients visiting the stoma clinic and inpatients with an enterostomy in general surgery of three tertiary grade A hospitals in Guangzhou, China. Patients (n=201) were required to complete paper questionnaires, including sociodemographic information, the 10-Item Resilience Scale Specific to Cancer, Self-concept Clarity Scale, and Social Support Rating Scale. Multiple linear regression analyses and structural equation modeling were conducted to explore the effect of self-concept clarity and social support on psychological resilience. Psychological resilience was at a median level among enterostomy patients, with a mean score of 38.21 (SD, 7.24). Education level (β=1.032, P=.004), own acceptance of stoma (β=2.445, P<.001), social support (β=206, P=.001) and self-concept clarity (β=0.285, P<.001) were factors related to psychological resilience, explaining 33.1% of the variance of psychological resilience. It was also shown that self-concept clarity exerted its direct positive effect on social support (β=0.098, SE=0.025, BC 95%CI=0.047/0.143), and it also had an indirect positive effect on psychological resilience through mediating social support (β=0.193, SE=0.033, BC 95%CI=0.121/0.245). This study suggests that self-concept clarity has an indirect positive effect on psychological resilience by influencing social support in enterostomy patients. Medical staff should strive to improve the self-concept clarity as a new means to enhance patients' psychological resilience, especially focusing on patients' social support, education level and own acceptance of enterostomy.

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