Determining the coping strategies of individuals with epilepsy

作者：Bautista Ramon Edmundo D^*; Rundle Gonzalez Valerie; Awad Rusha G; Erwin Philip A

来源：Epilepsy and Behavior, 2013, 27(2): 286-291.

DOI：10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.01.029

• Brief-COPE
• Coping
• Coping style
• Disengagement-type coping strategies
• Engagement-type coping strategies
• Epilepsy
• Racial disparity
• Seizure disorder

Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to determine whether the coping styles of patients with epilepsy are associated with certain demographic, clinical, and psychosocial variables.
Methods: A survey of 200 patients using several tests including the Brief-COPE was conducted.
Results: Nine subscales of the Brief-COPE achieved acceptable internal consistency and were employed in study analysis. Using principal component analysis, six subscales correlated well with one another, representing engagement-type coping strategies. The other three also correlated well, representing disengagement-type strategies. As a group, our patients favored engagement-type strategies. On univariate analysis, increased age, being African-American, receiving disability benefits, and work status were associated with the use of engagement-type strategies, while on multiple linear regression, only age and race were independently associated. Low BMQ-S scores, low income level, and not driving were associated with the use of disengagement-type strategies both on univariate and multivariate analyses.
Conclusion: Among patients with epilepsy, certain demographic and psychosocial variables are associated with particular coping styles.

• 出版日期2013-5