The Problem Strategy and Emotion Focus Coping with Pain Intensity in Post Major Surgery

Friska Ernita Sitorus, Dewi Tiansa Barus, Siti Marlina, Fithri Handayani Lubis, Yunita Syahputri Damanik, G. F. Gustina Siregar

2019

Abstract

Adaptive individual coping strategies are needed for post-major surgery patients to minimize the patients’ pain after surgery. If the patient's coping is increasingly adaptive so the patient's pain intensity decreases. This study used cross sectional design with 96 respondents who were post-major surgery patients in the category of post-oncology and digestive surgery, with Spearman statistical test. The results showed that there was relationship between problem (r = 0.445) and emotion focus coping (r = 0.449) with pain intensity (α <0.005). After identifying the types of coping strategies that majority used by patients are emotion problem coping with social withdrawal domains and the minority are problem focus coping domain express emotion. Respondents followed the instructions to minimize pain, and get closer to God.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sitorus F., Barus D., Marlina S., Lubis F., Damanik Y. and Siregar G. (2019). The Problem Strategy and Emotion Focus Coping with Pain Intensity in Post Major Surgery.In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Application Technology - Volume 1: ICHIMAT, ISBN 978-989-758-460-2, pages 521-527. DOI: 10.5220/0009974205210527

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ichimat19,
author={Friska Ernita Sitorus and Dewi Tiansa Barus and Siti Marlina and Fithri Handayani Lubis and Yunita Syahputri Damanik and G. F. Gustina Siregar},
title={The Problem Strategy and Emotion Focus Coping with Pain Intensity in Post Major Surgery},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Application Technology - Volume 1: ICHIMAT,},
year={2019},
pages={521-527},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009974205210527},
isbn={978-989-758-460-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Application Technology - Volume 1: ICHIMAT,
TI - The Problem Strategy and Emotion Focus Coping with Pain Intensity in Post Major Surgery
SN - 978-989-758-460-2
AU - Sitorus F.
AU - Barus D.
AU - Marlina S.
AU - Lubis F.
AU - Damanik Y.
AU - Siregar G.
PY - 2019
SP - 521
EP - 527
DO - 10.5220/0009974205210527