Characterizing Psychological Resources and Resilience in Patients With Bladder Cancer: Associations With Frailty and Quality of Life

Resilience, the ability to maintain or restore baseline function following a stressor, remains unexplored in patients with bladder cancer. Our objective was to demonstrate the feasibility of prospectively characterizing baseline resilience, related psychological resources and frailty in patients with bladder cancer and evaluate associations with quality of life and mental health outcomes over time.