Table 5.

Frequency and Intensity Scores of Stress & Frequency and Effectiveness Scores of Coping 5 and 10 Years After Heart Transplantation

Frequency and Intensity Scores of Stress at 5 and 10 Years After Heart Transplantation
	Stress Reported✶					Frequency Score†					Intensity Score†
	5 Yr		10 Yr			5 Yr		10 Yr			5 Yr		10 Yr
Stress subscale	n	%	n	%	p a	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p b	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p b
Physical stress	176	88.4	80	81.6	0.0857	0.28	0.20	0.21	0.17	0.0013	0.54	0.22	0.58	0.20	0.1166
Hospital/Clinical stress	95	47.7	31	31.6	0.0074	0.25	0.31	0.15	0.25	0.0031	0.54	0.25	0.51	0.23	0.6069
Self care stress	159	79.9	68	69.4	0.0366	0.22	0.20	0.15	0.16	0.0009	0.49	0.21	0.47	0.24	0.4374
Family stress	141	70.9	55	56.1	0.0098	0.19	0.20	0.13	0.18	0.0157	0.57	0.25	0.54	0.26	0.3669
Job/School/Financial stress	145	72.9	39	39.8	<.0001	0.18	0.19	0.09	0.14	<.0001	0.61	0.25	0.68	0.24	0.1434
Psych/Emotional stress	164	82.4	76	77.6	0.2753	0.19	0.19	0.13	0.15	0.0052	0.52	0.22	0.54	0.21	0.6339
Total Stress	188	94.5	88	89.8	0.0964	0.21	0.16	0.14	0.12	<.0001	0.53	0.19	0.53	0.20	0.8379

Frequency and Effectiveness of Specific Coping Styles at 5 and 10 Years After Heart Transplantation
	Coping Used✳					Frequency Score†					Effectiveness Score†
	5 Yr		10 Yr			5 Yr		10 Yr			5 Yr		10 Yr
Coping Style (subscale)	n	%	n	%	p a	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p b	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p b
Confrontation	177	88.9	85	86.7	0.4995	0.54	0.29	0.49	0.30	0.1624	0.67	0.19	0.68	0.18	0.7294
Evasive	177	88.9	80	81.6	0.0632	0.32	0.21	0.26	0.21	0.0117	0.44	0.19	0.43	0.19	0.5339
Optimistic	180	90.5	91	92.9	0.5706	0.62	0.27	0.56	0.28	0.1055	0.69	0.19	0.69	0.18	0.8657
Fatalistic	164	82.4	66	67.3	0.0026	0.29	0.22	0.21	0.22	0.0030	0.49	0.31	0.39	0.20	0.0030
Emotive	162	81.4	80	81.6	0.9690	0.29	0.22	0.23	0.20	0.0274	0.26	0.23	0.20	0.19	0.0157
Palliative	177	88.9	83	84.7	0.2443	0.36	0.20	0.32	0.22	0.1265	0.64	0.21	0.64	0.20	0.9404
Supportant	169	84.9	88	89.8	0.2876	0.43	0.27	0.40	0.25	0.3366	0.54	0.29	0.52	0.25	0.5303
Self Reliant	177	88.9	86	87.8	0.6733	0.54	0.27	0.47	0.29	0.0319	0.62	0.19	0.61	0.20	0.5560
Positive Coping	181	91.0	92	93.9	0.4562	0.54	0.25	0.49	0.26	0.0910	0.68	0.16	0.68	0.16	0.9829
Negative Coping	181	91.0	87	88.8	0.4654	0.29	0.18	0.22	0.18	0.0049	0.43	0.19	0.38	0.18	0.0424

^✶Patients who reported at least one of the stress items within each subscale

^†standardized scale of 0.00 to 1.00

^aTwo-sample independent t-test

^bChi-square test

^✳Patients who used at least one of the coping strategies within each coping style subscale