Table 4.
Coping strategies in patients with UCP. The most frequency items, and items with gender differences.
| Men (n = 101) | Women (n = 78) | ||||
| % | (n) | % | (n) | p-value | |
| CONFRONTIVE COPING (13 itemsa) | |||||
| Most frequentb | |||||
| Think through different ways to manage the situation | 92 | (91) | 100 | (72) | 0.01 |
| Try to keep the situation under control | 95 | (92) | 93 | (65) | 0.59 |
| Actively try to change the situation | 88 | (85) | 96 | (66) | 0.11 |
| Try to look at the problems objectively and see all sides | 87 | (84) | 92 | (65) | 0.31 |
| Try out different ways of solving the problems | 84 | (82) | 94 | (65) | 0.05 |
| Try to find out more about the situation | 79 | (77) | 91 | (63) | 0.04 |
| Significant gender differencesb | |||||
| Seek support from family or friends | 66 | (65) | 86 | (63) | 0.002 |
| EMOTIVE COPING (9 itemsa) | |||||
| Most frequentb | |||||
| Worry | 95 | (94) | 100 | (75) | 0.05 |
| Get nervous | 77 | (76) | 96 | (70) | 0.001 |
| Take off by myself, want to be alone | 72 | (71) | 84 | (62) | 0.06 |
| Significant gender differencesb | |||||
| Get angry | 50 | (50) | 72 | (52) | 0.004 |
| Eat, smoke, chew gum | 49 | (49) | 68 | (50) | 0.02 |
| PALLIATIVE COPING (14 itemsa) | |||||
| Most frequentb | |||||
| Hope for improvement | 93 | (92) | 96 | (71) | 0.40 |
| Accept the situation as it is | 90 | (88) | 90 | (61) | 0.98 |
| Try to put the problems out of my mind | 90 | (89) | 94 | (69) | 0.27 |
| Laugh it off and think things could have been worse | 85 | (83) | 90 | (65) | 0.28 |
| Settle for the next best thing to what I really want | 74 | (72) | 80 | (55) | 0.41 |
| Significant gender differencesb | |||||
| Resign because things look hopeless | 50 | (49) | 71 | (49) | 0.01 |
| Pray and trust in God | 34 | (34) | 44 | (32) | 0.20 |
| Resign because it is fate | 34 | (33) | 47 | (32) | 0.08 |
| OTHER (4 itemsa) | |||||
| Cryb | 30 | (30) | 81 | (60) | <0.0001 |
| Drink alcoholb | 44 | (43) | 38 | (28) | 0.43 |
| Meditate, use yoga or other relaxationb | 20 | (19) | 40 | (28) | 0.004 |
| Take medication to reduce tensionb | 18 | (18) | 19 | (14) | 0.86 |
aResponse alternatives: Never, Sometimes, Often, Almost always
bSometimes, Often or almost always