Estrategias de afrontamiento ante el estrés en pacientes con insuficiencia renal crónica en una institución cuencana

Abstract

Chronic renal failure is part of chronic diseases, which implies the physical, psychological and social weakening of people; and, given that patients diagnosed with CRF have changes at a psychological level, and therefore, high levels of stress, it is necessary to emphasize that coping with the disease is considered a topic of interest and concern for different scientists of human behavior. The general objective of the present study is to analyze how patients, with IRC, handle stress and to know what strategies they use to deal with their illness. The participants were 103 patients, who were between the ages of 18 to 70 and who received the peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis treatment in the Unit of Renal Services of the Austro (UNIREAS). To obtain the results, a sociodemographic record and the Stress Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CAE) were applied to each patient, which measures seven primary dimensions and five of them are grouped to form two general dimensions. For the analysis of the data, measures of central tendency and dispersion were used. The results obtained in this study indicate that, the strategy mainly used by the patients was religion, followed by rational coping, while emotional coping was the least common, as regards the sub-dimensions it was found that the positive reevaluation pertaining to rational coping was the one of greatest use, which indicates that, in the face of a stressful event, these patients assume an active role in the face of the disease, that is, they look for the best way to solve and face the problems.