COPING STRATEGIES ADOPTED BY THE CARE GIVERS OF LOWER LIMB FRACTURED PATIENTS

Abstract

Coping has been defined as the constantly changing cognitive and behavioural efforts to manage specific external and/ or internal demands that are appraised as taxing or exceeding the resources of the person. Coping strategies are mediators of stress that may aid or inhibit positive adaptation. The terms, active coping, approach coping and engagement coping are generally used interchangeably to describe coping dimensions. Examples of coping strategies include coping through religious faith, seeking social support, denial, use of alcohol or drugs, humour, and emotional release. The objectives of the study were to determine coping strategies adopted by caregivers of lower limb fractured patients and find out the association of coping strategies adopted by the caregivers of the lower limb fractured patients, with socio-demographic variables. Total study subjects were 30 at Brooklyn Himalaya Hospital, Baddi, Solan in Himachal Pradesh.