Introduction:

Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) undergo renal function replacement methods such as haemodialysis and renal transplantation. Resilience is a protective factor that facilitates adaptation to adverse events that may arise during change.

Objectives:

To compare resilience and its dimensions in two groups of patients with CKD according to their method of renal function replacement and by gender, regardless of the group to which they belong.

Material and method:

The study was a cross-sectional analytical study using the validated 25-item Connor-Davidson resilience scale. The variables were resilience levels and dimensions. Gender and age were also included.

Results:

88 patients from the Arnaldo Milián Castro University Hospital participated, of which 53 (52 %) were male, 44 receiving haemodialysis, and 44 with renal transplant. Haemodialysis patients showed higher mean values for resilience (M=79), persistence, tenacity, self-efficacy (M=26), and adaptability and support networks (M=17). In contrast, transplant patients excelled in control under pressure (M=22), power and purpose (M=15), and spirituality (M=9). By gender, males showed higher mean scores on all variables. The Man-Whitney U test yielded statistically significant differences in one group of variables for both forms of grouping.

Conclusions:

This study's findings reveal significant differences in resilience and the factors that condition it in the haemodialysis and transplant groups and the groups by gender.