The Relationship Between Quality of Life and Coping Strategies in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19

Mirzakhani, Navid; Saei, Shafagh; Zarei, Mehdi Alizadeh; Dibajnia, Parvin; Oshnari, Leila Anguti

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“…Our findings corroborate existing literature indicating the positive association between the use of problem-focused coping and QOL pre-pandemic [ 47 – 49 ] and during the pandemic [ 28 , 34 , 35 ]. On the other hand, previous research, most of which was conducted pre-pandemic, has demonstrated inconsistent findings regarding the relationship between emotion-focused coping and QOL, with many studies pointing to a negative association between these two constructs [ 47 , 49 , 50 ].…”

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“…A large-scale study [ 33 ] in the United Kingdom found that emotion-focused coping strategies were more likely to be used when individuals experienced financial stressors (i.e., their or their partner’s loss of employment or inability to work, decrease in household income) or worries about contracting or becoming severely sick from COVID-19 and that both problem-focused coping and avoidant coping strategies were likely to be employed when respondents reported adverse financial events as well as worries about finances, basic needs, or contracting COVID-19. In terms of potential links between coping and QOL during the pandemic, research [ 34 ] has shown that for patients hospitalized with COVID-19, the use of problem-focused coping mechanisms had a direct and positive correlation with their QOL. Additionally, Quiroga-Garza et al [ 35 ] found that problem-focused and emotion-focused coping were marginally, but significantly, correlated with well-being.…”

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Stress, coping, and quality of life in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic

2023

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While research has widely explored stress, coping, and quality of life (QOL) individually and the potential links between them, a critical dearth exists in the literature regarding these constructs in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our study aims to identify the salient stressors experienced, describe the coping strategies used, and examine the relationships between stressors, coping, and QOL among individuals during the pandemic. Data are from a sample of 1,004 respondents who completed an online survey. Key measures included stressful life events (SLEs), coping strategies, and the physical and psychological health domains of QOL. Staged multivariate linear regression analyses examined the relationships between SLEs and the two QOL domains, controlling for sociodemographic and pre-existing health conditions and testing for the effects of coping strategies on these relationships. The most common SLEs experienced during the pandemic were a decrease in financial status, personal injury or illness, and change in living conditions. Problem-focused coping (β = 0.42, σ = 0.13, p < 0.001 for physical QOL; β = 0.57, σ = 0.12, p < 0.001 for psychological QOL) and emotion-focused coping (β = 0.86, σ = 0.13, p < 0.001 for psychological QOL) were significantly related to higher levels of QOL, whereas avoidant coping (β = –0.93, σ = 0.13, p < 0.001 for physical QOL; β = -1.33, σ = 0.12, p < 0.001 for psychological QOL) was associated with lower QOL. Avoidant coping partially mediated the relationships between experiencing SLEs and lower physical and psychological QOL. Our study informs clinical interventions to help individuals adopt healthy behaviors to effectively manage stressors, especially large-scale, stressful events like the pandemic. Our findings also call for public health and clinical interventions to address the long-term impacts of the most prevalent stressors experienced during the pandemic among vulnerable groups.

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Stress, coping, and quality of life in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic

2023

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Stress, coping, and quality of life in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic

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2022

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While research has widely explored stress, coping, and quality of life (QOL) individually and the potential links between them, there is a critical dearth in the literature regarding these constructs in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our study aims to identify the salient stressors experienced, describe the coping strategies used, and examine the relationships between stress, coping, and current QOL among individuals during the pandemic. Data are from a nationally representative sample of 1,004 respondents who completed an online survey. Key measures included stressful life events (SLEs), coping strategies, and the physical and psychological health domains of QOL. Staged multivariate linear regression analyses examined the relationships between the two QOL domains and SLEs, controlling for sociodemographic and pre-existing health conditions and testing for the effects of coping strategies on these relationships. The most common SLEs experienced during the pandemic were a decrease in financial status, personal injury or illness, and change in living conditions. Problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping were significantly related to higher levels of QOL, whereas avoidant coping was associated with lower QOL. Avoidant coping partially mediated the relationship between experiencing SLEs and reduced physical and psychological QOL. Our study informs clinical interventions to help individuals adopt healthy behaviors to effectively manage stressors, especially large-scale traumatic events like the pandemic. Our findings also call for public health and clinical interventions to address the long-term impacts of the most prevalent stressors experienced during the pandemic among vulnerable groups.

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The Relationship Between Quality of Life and Coping Strategies in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19

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