Coping Strategies Preferred by Patients Treated for Osteoporosis and Analysis of the Difficulties Resulting from the Disease.
Agnieszka BarańskaUrszula ReligioniAnna KłakPiotr MerksMagdalena BogdanEwelina FirlejAnna SokołowskaAgnieszka Bojarska-JunakBartłomiej DropPublished in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2022)
Osteoporosis has been recognized as a civilization disease. This chronic condition needs a long-term management plan with a holistic approach to patients. The specificity of the patient's response to the disease and coping strategies are very important in the treatment process. The aim of this research was to analyze the strategies of coping with disease preferred by patients treated for osteoporosis, and to determine the relationship between the self-assessment of patients' health, time of treatment, sociodemographic variables, and strategies of coping with a chronic disease such as osteoporosis. The study was conducted from August 2016 to July 2018 at an osteoporosis clinic in eastern Poland. Coping Orientations to Problems Experienced (COPE) by C.S. Carver, M. F. Scheier, and J. K. Weintraub in the Polish adaptation and our own questionnaire were used. The study participants were 312 patients treated for osteoporosis. The respondents treated in the osteoporosis clinic used the strategies of seeking support and focusing on emotions to the greatest extent, and avoidance strategies the least. Sociodemographic features and self-assessment of health condition significantly differentiate the strategies of coping with the disease. The analysis showed that the higher the assessment of the individual perception of one's own health, the more often the respondents used active coping strategies.
Keyphrases
- postmenopausal women
- depressive symptoms
- social support
- bone mineral density
- mental health
- end stage renal disease
- public health
- healthcare
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- primary care
- prognostic factors
- health information
- peritoneal dialysis
- risk assessment
- patient reported outcomes
- case report
- clinical evaluation