Coping strategies among nursing staff at a university hospital

Objective: to evaluate the association of coping strategies and characteristics of nursing professionals at a universityhospital. Methods: cross-sectional, quantitative study, with 92 professional nursing of an inpatient unit of a universityhospital. To evaluate them, Problems Coping Scale Mode was...

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Main Authors: José Ricardo Ferreira da Fonseca (Author), Ana Lúcia Siqueira Costa (Author), Diandra Sabrina Seixas Coutinho (Author), Raquel da Costa Gato (Author)
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Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará, 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:Objective: to evaluate the association of coping strategies and characteristics of nursing professionals at a universityhospital. Methods: cross-sectional, quantitative study, with 92 professional nursing of an inpatient unit of a universityhospital. To evaluate them, Problems Coping Scale Mode was used, and the analysis was through the Spearman correlationcoefficient and the Mann-Whitney test. Results: a strategy focused on the problem was the most used, women seek morethe strategy focused in religious practice than men (p=0.017). The age (p=0.031), individual income (p=0.049) and workinghours (p=0.027) had also significantly correlation with the dimensions of the scale. Conclusion: socio-demographiccharacteristics are associated with coping strategies and may influence the choice of the individual for coping strategy.
Item Description:10.15253/2175-6783.2015000500006
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