Coping strategies of nurses in hospital emergency care
                    services

Ribeiro, Renato Mendonça; Pompeo, Daniele Alcalá; Pinto, Maria Helena; Ribeiro, Rita de Cassia Helú Mendonça

doi:10.1590/1982-0194201500037

Brasil

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Original Articles • Acta paul. enferm. 28 (3) • May-Jun 2015 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0194201500037 linkcopy

Coping strategies of nurses in hospital emergency care services

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Abstract

Objective: To identify the coping strategies of nurses in hospital emergency services, and relate them to sociodemographic and professional variables.

Methods: Cross-sectional study with 89 nurses. Research instruments included a form to characterize the research subjects and the Ways of Coping Questionnaire by Folkman and Lazarus.

Results: The most commonly used coping strategies were problem solving and positive reappraisal, whereas the least used was confrontation. The strategies of confrontation, positive reappraisal and escape-avoidance were associated with the male sex, not having a partner and working night shifts, respectively.

Conclusion: Coping strategies can be aided by listening, monitoring, educational programs and creation of a space for discussion of work-related difficulties.

Coping strategies	Mean score	Standard deviation	Median	Cronbach's alpha
Confrontation	0.78	0.87	0.50	0.50
Distancing	1.02	0.91	1.00	0.57
Self-control	1.41	0.97	1.20	0.34
Social support	1.50	0.91	1.50	0.42
Acceptance of responsibilities	1.44	0.92	1.57	0.60
Escape-avoidance	1.15	0.95	1.00	0.61
Problem solving	1.85	0.924	2.00	0.53
Positive reappraisal	1.55	0.952	1.66	0.60

Socio-demographic variables of family					Mean of the WCQ factors
Socio-demographic variables of family		Confrontation	Distancing	Self-control	Social support	Acceptance of responsibilities	Escape-avoidance	Problem solving	Positive reappraisal
Sex
	Male	0.95 (0.83)	0.94 (0.86)	1.42 (1.40)	1.54 (1.67)	1.50 (1.57)	1.22 (1.50)	1.88 (1.75)	1.66 (1.66)
	Female	0.71 (0.67)	1.05 (1.00)	1.40 (1.40)	1.48 (1.50)	1.40 (1.28)	1.13 (1.00)	1.86 (2.00)	1.49 (1.55)
	p-value^* * p-value as regards the Kruskal-Wallis test with Dunn's multiple comparison test (p<0.05);	0.018	0.217	0.881	0.470	0.467	0.514	1.000	0.142
Age group
	19-30	0.84 (0.67)	0.94 (1.00)	1.42 (1.40)	1.61 (1.67)	1.47 (1.35)	1.14 (1.00)	1.86 (1.75)	1.59 (1.55)
	31-40	0.76 (0.75)	1.01 (0.93)	1.36 (1.30)	1.48 (1.50)	1.41 (1.42)	1.22 (1.25)	1.89 (2.00)	1.49 (1.44)
	41-51	0.72 (0.67)	1.16 (1.00)	1.47 (1.40)	1.34 (1.33)	1.39 (1.28)	1.08 (1.00)	1.83 (1.75)	1.57 (1.66)
	p-value^* * p-value as regards the Kruskal-Wallis test with Dunn's multiple comparison test (p<0.05);	0.791	0.351	0.541	0.166	0.893	0.904	0.849	0.530
Has a partner
	Yes	0.70 (0.67)	0.98 (0.86)	1.40 (1.40)	1.40 (1.33)	1.36 (1.42)	1.24 (1.50)	1.80 (1.75)	1.44 (1.44)
	No	0.87 (0.83)	1.06 (1.00)	1.42 (1.30)	1.61 (1.67)	1.50 (1.49)	1.07 (1.00)	1.93 (2.00)	1.65 (1.66)
	p-value^ p-value as regards the Mann-Whitney test (p<0.05);	0.064	0.415	0.986	0.079	0.252	0.262	0.478	0.024
Professional category
	Nurse	0.96 (0.86)	1.04 (1.00)	1.49 (1.40)	1.62 (1.83)	1.58 (1.71)	1.38 (1.50)	1.78 (1.75)	1.59 (1.66)
	Nursing technician	0.75 (0.67)	1.03 (1.00)	1.38 (1.40)	1.47 (1.50)	1.38 (1.28)	1.08 (1.00)	1.91 (2.00)	1.56 (1.55)
	Nursing aide	0.55 (0.67)	0.90 (0.86)	1.35 (1.60)	1.35 (1.33)	1.42 (1.28)	1.16 (1.00)	1.72 (1.50)	1.30 (1.33)
	p-value^* * p-value as regards the Kruskal-Wallis test with Dunn's multiple comparison test (p<0.05);	0.057	0.699	0.865	0.191	0.281	0.311	0.460	0.212
Working time
	4 −11 months	0.93 (1.00)	0.96 (0.93)	1.52 (1.60)	1.62 (1.58)	1.47 (1.35)	0.68 (0.75)	1.93 (1.87)	1.38 (1.33)
	1-3 years	0.74 (0.67)	1.08 (1.00)	1.41 (1.40)	1.53 (1.50)	1.54 (1.57)	1.04 (1.00)	1.88 (2.00)	1.59 (1.55)
	4-6 years	0.69 (0.67)	0.91 (0.86)	1.30 (1.20)	1.56 (1.67)	1.39 (1.28)	1.44 (1.50)	1.63 (1.50)	1.59 (1.55)
	7-10 years	0.77 (0.75)	0.95 (0.93)	1.55 (1.40)	1.44 (1.58)	1.40 (1.35)	1.12 (1.25)	1.91 (1.75)	1.64 (1.83)
	11 years or more	0.87 (0.83)	1.07 (1.00)	1.36 (1.20)	1.38 (1.33)	1.30 (1.28)	1.31 (1.50)	1.97 (2.25)	1.42 (1.44)
	p-value^* * p-value as regards the Kruskal-Wallis test with Dunn's multiple comparison test (p<0.05);	0.795	0.847	0.541	0.687	0.546	0.191	0.519	0.476
Work shift^* ***** Different letters in the same column differ significantly according to Dunn's multiple comparison test (p <0.05).
	Morning	0.81 (0.67)	1.02 (1.00)	1.33 (1.20)	1.62 (1.67)	1.38 (1.28)	0.88 ± 1.00^ab	1.93 (2.00)	1.56 (1.55)
	Afternoon	0.87 (0.83)	1.04 (1.00)	1.57 (1.60)	1.46 (1.41)	1.52 (1.57)	1.19 ± 1.25^ab	1.76 (1.75)	1.59 (1.60)
	Night	0.70 (0.67)	1.03 (1.00)	1.30 (1.20)	1.46 (1.50)	1.42 (1.42)	1.46 (1.50)	1.91 (1.75)	1.51 (1.44)
	Morning and afternoon	0.62 (0.58)	0.78 (0.86)	1.60 (1.50)	1.25 (1.17)	1.24 (1.28)	0.37 ± 0.25^b	1.75 (1.75)	1.24 (1.44)
	p-value^* * p-value as regards the Kruskal-Wallis test with Dunn's multiple comparison test (p<0.05);	0.459	0.685	0.079	0.373	0.483	0.010	0.578	0.698

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[TFN5] ^*
p-value as regards the Kruskal-Wallis test with Dunn's multiple comparison test (p<0.05);

[TFN6] ^**
p-value as regards the Mann-Whitney test (p<0.05);

[TFN7] ^***
Different letters in the same column differ significantly according to Dunn's multiple comparison test (p <0.05).

[TFN8] The work shift influences the escape-avoidance score, with a significant difference between the night (higher scores, letter a) and morning and afternoon (lower score, letter b) shifts; WCQ - Ways of Coping Questionnaire by Folkman and Lazarus