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Coping Difficulties After Hospitalization

Judith Fitzgerald Miller

University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing, Columbia, Missouri

Linda B. Piacentine

Marquette University College of Nursing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Marianne Weiss

Marquette University College of Nursing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Coping difficulties of 113 adults 3 weeks after hospital discharge were identified using the Post-Discharge Coping Difficulty Scale and a brief focused telephone interview (11-item guide). Overall, low difficulty scores were reported (M = 23.9, SD = 18.2, range = 0 to 100). Qualitative data reveal specific coping difficulties in the categories of stressors, specific difficulties, caring for self, managing the condition, family, advice needed, contact with the health care system, and what they wished they knew before discharge. A core theme of biographical reconstruction emerged.

Key Words: posthospitalization coping • patient-centered care • hospital discharge • challenges • returning home • biographical reconstruction

Clinical Nursing Research, Vol. 17, No. 4, 278-296 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1054773808325226
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