Resilience and Associated Factors in Mothers of Children with Congenital Heart Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Masomeh Sanayeh, Manijeh Nourian, Saleheh Tajalli and 3 others
PMID 34604402WHAT IT FOUND
Most mothers of children with congenital heart disease reported moderate resilience.
Resilience was higher when mothers felt supported by important people and were more optimistic; other measured characteristics were not linked.
Key findings
01Most mothers had moderate resilience: 66.2% scored moderate, 19.1% high, and 14.7% low.
02On the 25 to 125 resilience scale, each one-unit increase in support from significant others was linked to a 2.2-unit increase, and each one-unit increase in optimism to a 0.76-unit increase.
03Before regression, optimism, support from family, support from friends, support from significant others, and disease duration were linked to resilience.
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What it does not show
The sample was a convenience sample from two hospitals in Tehran, so results may not apply to other settings or families. The study measured mothers at one time, so it cannot show what causes resilience. Data were self-reported by mothers, and many questionnaires could reduce accuracy. Fathers were not studied, so family resilience may differ. Children had to be under 6 years, and mothers had to be the primary caregiver without recent major stressors, so more complex families were excluded.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that increasing social support or optimism will improve resilience. The study was cross-sectional, used convenience sampling, and did not test an intervention.