Correlation among coping style,hope and social support in elderly patients with maintenance hemodialysis
HUANG Li ?
WANG Hongchang
PANG Xiaoyu
MAI Miaojin
HUANG Bibing
Abstract：Objective To investigate the correlation among coping style,hope and social support in elderly patients with maintenance hemodialysis (MHD).Methods Totally 1 1 5 elderly MHD patients were investigated using a self-designed demographic questionnaire,simplified coping style questionnaire,Herth hope index and social support rating scale.Results The score of positive coping style was 1.58±0.47,lower than the national model,while the score of the negative coping style was 1.84±0.43,higher than the national model.Pearson correlation analysis showed that the positive coping style was positively related to hope and social support,and the negative coping style was negatively related to hope and social support.Conclusions The coping style of elderly MHD pa-tients must be improved.The nursing staff should take measures to enhance the patients'hope and social support,and then to improve their coping style.
Keywords：Maintenance hemodialysisCoping styleHopeSocial support
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 369-372 )