Coping strategies and socio-demographic characteristics among Jordanian caregivers of patients receiving hemodialysis
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Source
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Issue
Vol. 27, Issue 1 (29 Feb. 2016), pp.101-106, 6 p.
Publisher
Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation
Publication Date
2016-02-29
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
6
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Abstract EN
Individuals who care for family members receiving chronic hemodialysis (HD) are likely to experience burdens that may adversely impact their patients.
Effective coping strategies are shaped by various factors, including sociodemographic characteristics.
To assess the relationship between caregivers and their patients, we studied 225 family-member caregivers of chronic HD patients through answering the Ways of Coping Questionnaire-Revised.
Sociodemographic data, including caregiver age, gender, educational level, relationship to the patients, length of care time and weekly hours of caregiving were analyzed using the t-test, analysis of variance and least-significant difference post hoc test.
Of the eight coping strategies investigated, seven were significantly related to at least one of the analyzed sociodemographic variables; these were confrontive coping, distancing, self-controlling, seeking social support, accepting responsibility, planful problem solving and positive reappraisal.
The findings of the present study may be useful for administering dialysis by nurses for identifying coping strategies among caregivers and for establishing plans of care that woul
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Nazli, Iman. 2016. Coping strategies and socio-demographic characteristics among Jordanian caregivers of patients receiving hemodialysis. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation،Vol. 27, no. 1, pp.101-106.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-655860
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Nazli, Iman. Coping strategies and socio-demographic characteristics among Jordanian caregivers of patients receiving hemodialysis. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation Vol. 27, no. 1 (Jan. / Feb. 2016), pp.101-106.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-655860
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Nazli, Iman. Coping strategies and socio-demographic characteristics among Jordanian caregivers of patients receiving hemodialysis. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation. 2016. Vol. 27, no. 1, pp.101-106.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-655860
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 105-106
Record ID
BIM-655860