Coping Difficulties After Hospitalization

Judith Fitzgerald Miller, Linda B. Piacentine and Marianne Weiss
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Judith Fitzgerald Miller: University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing, Columbia, Missouri
Linda B. Piacentine: Marquette University College of Nursing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Marianne Weiss: Marquette University College of Nursing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Clinical Nursing Research, 2008, vol. 17, issue 4, 278-296

Abstract: Coping difficulties of 113 adults 3 weeks after hospital discharge were identified using the Post-Discharge Coping Difficulty Scale and a brief focused telephone interview (11-item guide). Overall, low difficulty scores were reported ( M = 23.9, SD = 18.2, range = 0 to 100). Qualitative data reveal specific coping difficulties in the categories of stressors, specific difficulties, caring for self, managing the condition, family, advice needed, contact with the health care system, and what they wished they knew before discharge. A core theme of biographical reconstruction emerged.

Keywords: posthospitalization coping; patient-centered care; hospital discharge; challenges; returning home; biographical reconstruction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773808325226

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