Gender Differences in Stress and Coping among Elderly Patients on Hemodialysis

    Authors

    S. C. J. Yeh; C. H. Huang; H. C. Chou;T. T. H. Wan

    Abstract

    The study investigated whether gender differences in the stressor, coping strategies, and how they associate stress and copings among 875 elderly patients undergoing hemodialysis in Taiwan. Chi-square tests, MANOVA and Structural Equation Modeling were used to attain the research purposes. The results found that the women had reported higher stress in response to physical and vessel problems and higher scores in using emotion-oriented and support-seeking coping strategies, while the men reported higher stress in reproductive system functioning and higher score in using avoidance as a coping strategy. Furthermore, the results from SEM demonstrated that after controlling for patient characteristics, no statistical difference was found between the two groups with regard to their linking of stress and coping strategies.

    Journal Title

    Sex Roles

    Volume

    60

    Issue/Number

    1-2

    Publication Date

    1-1-2009

    Document Type

    Article

    First Page

    44

    Last Page

    56

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000261972800005

    ISSN

    0360-0025

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