Stress and coping among patients' relatives in the transoperative of cardiac surgery

Abstract: Objective: to evaluate stress and coping among relatives of patients in the perioperative cardiac surgery. Method: it is a quantitative, analytical and cross-sectional study developed in a postage hospital IV, with 53 relatives waiting in the waiting room of the surgical center. Data were collected between March and April 2013 through a socio-demographic questionnaire and Symptom Inventory of Stress and Coping Inventory of Jalowiec. A Research Ethics Committee, approved the research project, number 198.527. Results: 60% are women, aged between 18 and 58 years old, married, with children, catholic, most of them daughters of patients. As for the stages of stress, 60% were in the intermediate phase and the majority used the sustaintive coping style. Conclusion: the results may support health professionals - researchers and managers - and mobilize integrated actions towards qualified assistance in the perioperative, with emphasis on care to patients and families

Object Details

• Alternative title: Estresse e coping em familiares de pacientes no transoperatório de cirurgia cardíaca
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online ; 8 (2016) 3 ; 4704-4710

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (when): 2016

Further information

• DOI: 10.9789/2175-5361.2016.v8i3.4704-4710
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53646-3
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 14.08.2025, 10:45 AM CEST