The Association between Social Integration, Coping Mechanisms and Anxiety in Patients with Non-Communicable Diseases

Rezarta Lalo ()
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Rezarta Lalo: Doctor of Science, Lecturer in Faculty of Health, University of Vlora “Ismail Qemaliâ€

Chapter 33 in World Lumen Congress 2021, 2022, vol. 17, pp 337-348 from Editura Lumen

Abstract: Recently, mental health issue and chronic physical condition are substantially linked and this comorbidity is likely to increase.Patient focusing in the self-care activities is an important component in the mechanism of coping with chronic disease with a significant impact on clinical and psychological outcomes. In this context, the current study is conducted to assess the impact of self-care and social integration mechanisms on anxiety levels among patients with chronic non-communicable diseases.This observational study of cross-sectional design was performed in the pathology service of Fier city hospital, in Albania during August-September 2020. To assess the level of anxiety, we used the scale of 7 items of General Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) with a score of ≥10 indicating GAD. Subscales of the Health Education Impact Questionnaire (heiQ) were used in order to evaluate social integration and self-care mechanism. The data were entered into the statistical program SPSS, version 23. The regression analysis is performedto examine the relationship between variables. The findings revealed that 56% of participants had GAD, 47% of participants were unable to self-monitor the disease, while 89% of them didnot performe any type of physical activity. The scale of anxiety was significantly associated with variables of Self–monitoring (p=0.000

Keywords: Chronic diseases; anxiety disorder; self-monitoring; social integration; health directed activity; Fier city hospital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I1 I12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
ISBN: 978-1-910129-32-6
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DOI: 10.18662/wlc2021/33

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