Correlation analysis of coping styles between patients with gastrointestinal tumor and primary caregivers

Xiu Minning

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-4748.2015.32.003

Abstract：Objective:To probe into the correlation of coping style between patients with gastrointestinal tumor and primary caregivers.Methods:A total of 120 hospitalized patients with gastrointestinal tumor who met the inclusion criteria and 120 primary caregivers were selected as the research objects.They received questionnaire by using the general information questionnaire and the medical coping style questionnaire,and the results were statistically analyzed.Results:The facing coping style was the most coping style in patients with gastrointestinal tumor,while the yield coping style was the least one.The coping styles of the primary caregivers were consist-ent with that of the patients in general.But the positive coping level of the tumor patients was lower than that of the common people when comparing with the domestic norm.In addition,there was correlation in the coping styles between the patients and the caregivers (P <0.05 ).Conclusion:The coping style of the tumor patients was lower than the domestic norm,but the most patients could accept the fact and face it positively.The coping style of the primary caregivers affected patients’coping styles in a certain extent,which indicated that the nurs-ing staff should think highly of the important position of the primary caregivers during the treatment process of patients,so as to promote them to use the positive coping styles and have the positive reinforcement during the nursing,increase the confidence of patients and the primary caregivers to cope with the disease.