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Gender Differences in Stress and Coping among Elderly Patients on Hemodialysis |
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| Authors: | Shu-Chuan Jennifer Yeh Chia-Hsiung Huang Hsueh-Chih Chou Thomas T H Wan |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Business Management, National Sun Yat-sen University, 70 Lian-Hai Road, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan 2. Department of Business Administration, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan 3. Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 4. College of Health and Public Affairs, University of Central Florida, 3280 Progress Drive, Orlando, FL, 32826, USA 5. Health and Public Affairs 343, P.O. Box 162200, Orlando, FL, 32816-2200, USA |
| 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. |
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