Title

Gender Differences In Stress And Coping Among Elderly Patients On Hemodialysis

Keywords

Coping; Dialysis; ESRD; Gender difference; Stressor

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. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

Publication Date

1-1-2009

Publication Title

Sex Roles

Volume

60

Issue

1-2

Number of Pages

44-56

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-008-9515-2

Socpus ID

58149121467 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/58149121467

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