Mediating effect of self-efficacy between family resilience and psychological resilience in inflammatory bowel disease patients

BACKGROUND

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) often experience various negative emotions. Psychological resilience, as an individual's ability to recover from adversity or successfully cope, can help him/her to fight against diseases. Under the hypothesis that multiple external factors can promote the growth of psychological resilience, this study used mediation analysis to explore the external factors that enhance psychological resilience in IBD patients.

AIM

To explore the mediating effect of self-efficacy in patients with IBD on family resilience and psychological resilience.

METHODS

One hundred and thirty IBD patients hospitalized in the Department of Gastroenterology, Tongji Hospital, Wuhan City from January 2021 to June 2021 were selected as questionnaire respondents by convenient sampling. The patients were investigated by using the family resilience index (FHI), the IBD self-efficacy scale (IBD-SES), and the Connor Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). The data were analyzed by correlation and regression analyses, and the mediating effect of self-efficacy was tested by the intermediary effect test program proposed by Wen Zhonglin, etc.

RESULTS

The family resilience of IBD patients was positively correlated with self-efficacy (r = 0.176, P < 0.05) and psychological resilience (r = 0.359, P < 0.01). There was a positive correlation between self-efficacy and resilience (r = 0.693, P < 0.01). Self-efficacy has a certain mediating effect between family resilience and psychological resilience, and the contribution rate of this mediating effect is 42.32%.

CONCLUSION

The resilience of IBD patients is at a low level. Self-efficacy plays an intermediary role between family resilience and psychological resilience. Nursing workers can improve patients' psychological resilience by improving their self-efficacy and family resilience.