Analyzing the Relationship Between Coping Strategies and Functioning Levels of Patients with Bipolar Disorder

Abstract

Objective: The study aims to determine the relationship between coping strategies and functioning levels of patients with bipolar disorder. Methods: This study is a descriptive and correlational study. The study was conducted with patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder who presented to the psychiatry outpatient clinic of a hospital in the Eastern Anatolia Region between March 2017 and January 2018. Results: A significant positive relationship was found between the mean FAST score and “focus on and venting of emotions,” “substance use,” “acceptance,” “suppression of competing activities,” “turning to religion,” “denial,” “behavioral disengagement,” “positive reinterpretation,” “using emotional social support,” and “planning”, which are the sub-scales of the CSS-BF. Conclusion: The coping strategies used by the patients were found to be effective in their functioning levels.

Keywords

• Bipolar disorder
• coping
• functioning
• nursing

Bipolar Bozukluk Tanısı Alan Hastaların Başa Çıkma Stratejileri ile İşlevsellik Düzeyleri Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışma, bipolar bozukluk hastalarının başa çıkma stratejileri ile işlevsellik düzeyleri arasındaki ilişkiyi belirlemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Yöntemler: Bu çalışma tanımlayıcı ve ilişki arayıcı bir çalışmadır. Çalışma, Mart 2017-Ocak 2018 tarihleri arasında Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi'ndeki bir hastanenin psikiyatri polikliniğine başvuran bipolar bozukluk tanılı hastalar ile yapılmıştır. Bulgular: Bu çalışmada FAST puanı ortalaması ile “duygulara odaklanma ve dışa vurma”, “madde kullanımı”, “kabullenme”, “yarışmacı etkinlikleri bastırma”, “dine yönelme”, “inkar”, “ davranışsal ilgiyi kesme, olumlu yeniden yorumlama, duygusal sosyal desteği kullanma ve planlama arasında pozitif yönde anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmuştur. Sonuç: Hastaların kullandıkları başa çıkma stratejilerinin işlevsellik düzeylerinde etkili olduğu görülmüştür.

Keywords

• Bipolar bozukluk
• başa çıkma
• işlevsellik
• hemşirelik

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