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The role of coping behavior for the attitude to the disease in hypertensive smokers

Е.А. Манюгина, А.В. Бурсиков, О.В. Швагер

Authors: E.A. Manyugina, A.V. Bursikov, O.V. Shvager

Place: Ivanovo, Russia

Institution: Ivanovo State Medical Academy, Ivanovo, Russia

Abstract:

Objective. To assess the features of coping behavior smoking male hypertensives. Design and methods. Seventy men with hypertension of I-III degree and without associated clinical conditions with high and very high clinical risk were included. There were 35 smoking and 35 non-smoking men (mean age 46,0 ± 1,2 years). Results. We identified the differences in the attitude to the disease and the severity of coping strategies in smoking and non-smoking hypertensive men. According to the correlation analysis there is an association between the attitude to the disease and the severity of coping strategies. Conclusions. The features of coping behavior play a role for the attitude to the disease, and their correction could improve the treatment of smokers.

Keywords: hypertension, attitude to the disease, coping behavior

 

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