Hope Levels and Resilience in Patients with Severe Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia: The Current Situation and a Correlation Analysis

Gui-Qin Zhong; Bi-Hua Lin; Chun-Xiu Xiao

doi:10.2147/IJGM.S301128

Hope Levels and Resilience in Patients with Severe Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia: The Current Situation and a Correlation Analysis

Int J Gen Med. 2021 May 19:14:1959-1965. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S301128. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Gui-Qin Zhong^#¹, Bi-Hua Lin^#¹, Chun-Xiu Xiao²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China.
² Department of Nursing, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Objective: The study aims to analyze the correlation between hope levels and resilience in patients with severe novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19).

Methods: Fifty-six patients with severe COVID-19 were investigated, with the use of a general information questionnaire, the Herth Hope Index, and the Connor-Davidson resilience scale.

Results: There was a significant difference in patients' hope levels with respect to marital status and educational background (P < 0.05), and there was a significant difference in resilience scores depending on gender and family economic situation (P < 0.05). In the present study, the hope levels and resilience in the patients were moderate, with an average score of (34.93 ± 5.45) and (69.36 ± 15.52), respectively. There was a significant positive correlation between the hope level and the resilience score in these patients (P < 0.05).

Conclusion: In patients with severe COVID-19, the higher the hope level, the higher the resilience score.

Keywords: COVID-19; hope level; resilience; severe novel coronavirus pneumonia.

Grants and funding

This study was funded by Provincial health special subsidy funds of Fujian Province (No. [2020]467). The funding body had no role in the design of the study and collection, analysis, and interpretation of data and in writing the manuscript.