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: Received: 29 August 2023 / Approved: 6 September 2023 / Online: 6 September 2023 (09:42:15 CEST)
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Akhlaq, S.; Ayars, C.; Konecney, L.; Mitchell, M.; Qamar, M.Z. Disparities by Sex in Relation with Emotional Pre-Occupation and Variations in Stress Scores during Chronic Hemodialysis Management. Preprints2023, 2023090367. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0367.v1
Akhlaq, S.; Ayars, C.; Konecney, L.; Mitchell, M.; Qamar, M.Z. Disparities by Sex in Relation with Emotional Pre-Occupation and Variations in Stress Scores during Chronic Hemodialysis Management. Preprints 2023, 2023090367. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0367.v1
Akhlaq, S.; Ayars, C.; Konecney, L.; Mitchell, M.; Qamar, M.Z. Disparities by Sex in Relation with Emotional Pre-Occupation and Variations in Stress Scores during Chronic Hemodialysis Management. Preprints2023, 2023090367. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0367.v1
APA Style
Akhlaq, S., Ayars, C., Konecney, L., Mitchell, M., & Qamar, M.Z. (2023). Disparities by Sex in Relation with Emotional Pre-Occupation and Variations in Stress Scores during Chronic Hemodialysis Management. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0367.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Akhlaq, S., Monica Mitchell and Mohammad Zeeshan Qamar. 2023 "Disparities by Sex in Relation with Emotional Pre-Occupation and Variations in Stress Scores during Chronic Hemodialysis Management" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0367.v1
Abstract
Hemodialysis (HD) patients experience significant psychological stress related HD. Coping strategies are utilized to help these patients cope with this stress. Prevalence of different types of coping strategies in relation with differential levels of HD-related stress scores and by demographics were assessed. HD patients aged 18 years and above who were seeking regular treatment in a specific HD-unit of a hospital in the upper Midwest, were surveyed between March 2020 and July 2020. Descriptive statistics, correlational analyses, and regression analyses were performed. Females could be expected to have emotional coping scores 8 units greater than males, as B = 8.017 for sex in the model, p =.000. Females could be expected to have coping scores 6.4 points higher than males when adjusted for stress levels, as: B = 6.351, p =.001 for sex in the model. For each 1point increase in Stress Score, the Coping Score could be expected to: increase 6.8 points when adjusted for Sex, where B = 6.751 and p =.000. Increased prevalence of emotional pre-occupation was only observed among female patients which increased with the increase in stress. Psychological interventions in female HD patients should be strongly considered in addressing emotional pre-occupation coping.
Keywords
Coping; Stress; Hemodialysis; Emotional Preoccupation; Coping with Health Injuries and problems (CHIP); Chronic Kidney Disease Stress Inventory (CKDSI)
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences
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