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KMID : 0388520110230010047
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Nursing Science - Ewha Womans University
2011 Volume.23 No. 1 p.47 ~ p.60
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Upper Gastrointestinal Disease Patients’ Lifestyle and Coping Style with Stress
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Woo Ae-Ra
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship between lifestyle and coping style with stress of dyspeptic patients had referred to hospital. Method: Data using questionnaires were collected from 177 patients (98.3%) that agreed to the purpose of this study among the patients diagnosed with upper gastrointestinal disease. The data were analyzed by SPSS win 16.0 program. Result: Total mean and standard deviation of lifestyle was 2.71±1.17, stress was 1.24±.74 and coping with stress was 2.70±.73. A lifestyle according to general and disease characteristic of patients was shown significantly different according to age(F=3.267, p=.023) and frequency of dyspeptic symptoms (F=4.214, p=.016). The stress according to general and disease was shown significantly different according to marriage status(F=3.224, p=.042), education background(F=4.811, p=.009) type of diagnosis(F=3.177, p=.009) and frequency of dyspeptic symptoms (F=6.790, p=.001). Coping with stress according to general and disease characteristics was not different significantly. Conclusion: Through the result of this study, a remedy of nursing cares to reduce frequency of dyspeptic symptoms by relieving dyspeptic symptoms of patients with upper gastrointestinal disease will be needed.
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KEYWORD
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Lifestyle, Stress, Coping style
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