TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Coping Strategies
A1  - Tiu, Aurora Tompar
A1  - Go, Anna C.
A2  - Go, Ronaldo C.
PY  - 2022
T2  - Understanding Crisis in Critical Care
AB  - Understanding  the  coping  strategies  of  critical  care  patients  and  their  families  or  primary  care  providers  is  vital  in  helping  facilitate  the  use  of  effective  and  healthy  ways  to  cope  with  their  illnesses  and  their  consequences.  The  suddenness  of  onset  of  acute  life  threatening  illness,  unavailability  of  family  and  social  support,  feelings  of  aloneness,  and  uncertainty  about  the  illness  and  its  implications  for  the  patient’s  ability  to  cope  with  demands  of  personal  life  and  maintaining  family  and  social  relationship  are  the  stressors  that  critical  care  patients  and  their  families/primary  care  givers  experience.  The  current  COVID-19  pandemic  and  its  consequences  (e.g.,  lock  down,  isolation,  feelings  of  uncertainty,  fear  of  getting  infected,  and  loss  or  decrease  of  financial  and  social  resources)  magnify  and  increase  the  stressors  of  hospitalization.  How  are  the  patients  and  their  families  coping?  Coping  is  best  defined  as  problem-solving  behaviors  and  thoughts  intended  to  manage  both  external  and  internal  stressors  and  to  help  bring  about  resolution  and  relief.1,2  It  is  a  process  of  appraisal,  self-instruction  and  correction,  performance,  and  self-rehearsal  as  well  as  guidance  and  help  from  outside  sources.1  Cultural  and  religious  practices  need  to  be  considered  and  understood  for  individuals’  coping  strategies.  There  are  four  major  categories  of  coping,2  which  include:  
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PB  - McGraw Hill
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184388023
ER  -