Psychological Resilience and Death Anxiety in Women with Gynaecological Cancer

Objective: This study was conducted to determine psychological resilience and death anxiety in women with gynaecological cancer and to identify the factors associated with these psychological outcomes. Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 244 gynaecological cancer patients treated in a public hospital. Data were collected using Descriptive Information Form, Brief Resilience Scale, and Templer Death Anxiety Scale. In addition to descriptive statistics, independent groups t test, one-way ANOVA, Tukey HSD and Spearman correlation analysis were used in the evaluation of the data. Results: Psychological resilience and death anxiety of women were found to be significantly correlated. Younger, single, employed, non-menopausal women with university education, higher income, early-stage cancer exhibited greater psychological resilience. Conversely, women diagnosed with ovarian cancer and those undergoing both chemotherapy and surgical treatment reported higher levels of death anxiety. Conclusion: The findings revealed the importance of socio-demographic and clinical factors in the evaluation of women with gynaecological cancer. These findings highlight the importance of developing individualised support programmes and psychosocial interventions to enhance resilience and reduce death anxiety.Keywords: Death Anxiety, Gynaecological Cancer, Psychological Resilience, Nursing.