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. 2023 Mar 1;15(2):198-206.
doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihac046.

Related factors to the coping style of patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Yang Yuan  1   2 , Lu Lin  1   2 , Hong Wang  3 , Congyan Xie  2 , Qiuyun Chen  2 , Haixia Li  3 , Li Tian  1   2
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Related factors to the coping style of patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Yang Yuan et al. Int Health. .

Abstract

Background: Coping style can affect the patient's physical and mental health management. Therefore this study aimed to identify factors related to the coping style of young and middle-aged sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) patients to provide reference for clinical nursing practice.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on young and middle-aged SSNHL patients hospitalized in the otolaryngology departments of four hospitals in Suzhou City, China. A paper-based self-administered questionnaire investigated the patient's coping style and related factors. Multiple linear stepwise regression analysed the effective related factors in patients' coping styles.

Results: Among 872 patients, 866 completed the survey, with an average age of 37.27 y. Factors related to the coping style of these patients included gender, chronic diseases, history of trauma, social support and type D personality (p<0.05). Female patients adopt more negative coping styles than male patients. Patients with chronic diseases or a history of trauma had more positive coping styles. Higher social support scores were related to improvements in coping style. Patients with type D personality were more likely to adopt negative coping styles.

Conclusions: This study suggests that psychological assessment of patients, chronic diseases, history of trauma, social support and type D personality may benefit the understanding of these patients' coping styles and, as a consequence, may improve their stress management.

Keywords: coping style; related factors; sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL); young and middle-aged.

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