Table 2. Comparison of Coping Strategies on the Basis of Perceived Stress in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Individuals Without a History of Fixed Myocardial Infarction.
| Group | Perceived stress |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | ||
| MI, no. (%) | |||
| Problem focused | 34 (45.9%) | 40 (54.1%) | 74 (100.0%) |
| Emotion focused | 21 (17.8%) | 97 (82.2%) | 118 (100.0%) |
| Avoidance behavior | 0 (0.0%) | 28 (100.0%) | 28 (100.0%) |
| Total | 55 (25.0%) | 165 (75.0%) | 220 (100.0%) |
| Control, no. (%) | |||
| Problem focused | 39 (27.9%) | 101 (72.1%) | 140 (100.0%) |
| Emotion focused | 0 (0.0%) | 13 (100.0%) | 13 (100.0%) |
| Avoidance behavior | 35 (52.2%) | 32 (47.8%) | 67 (100.0%) |
| Total | 74 (33.6%) | 146 (66.4%) | 220 (100.0%) |