Effect of Coping Strategy Intervention for Patients Diagnosed with Chronic Prostatitis

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Community Health Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt,

2 Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing – Helwan University, Egypt

Abstract

Background Chronic prostatitis is a common urological diagnosis in men of all ages
in Egypt. Chronic prostatitis causes many men significant morbidity, coping strategy play
important role to deal the patients diagnosed with chronic prostatitis and to cope with their
case. Aim: the study aims to evaluate the effect of coping strategy intervention for patients
diagnosed with chronic prostatitis Research design: A quasi-experimental design was used
in this study. Setting: This study was conducted at the Urology Outpatient Clinic in Ain
Shams University Hospitals. Sample: A purposive sample was used to select 60 of patients
diagnosed with chronic prostatitis .Tools :the researchers used two tools I) An interviewing
questioner which consists of three parts, I) patients socio-demographic data, II)Assess
patient's present medical history, and III) patients' knowledge regarding chronic prostatitis, II)
Brief cope scale; standardized tool used for evaluating coping strategy among chronic
prostatitis patients, Results: this study showed, highly statistically significant improvement
of patients diagnosed with chronic prostatitis knowledge and coping strategy post coping
strategy intervention than pre, (4.166±2.262 and 57.533 ± 15.053) , (11.633±2.532 and
66.667 ± 6.357)respectively post coping strategy intervention implementation. Conclusion:
coping strategy intervention implementation aid the patients diagnosed with chronic
prostatitis to cope with chronic disease, also their knowledge regarding chronic prostatitis
improved, Recommendations: Providing booklet to patients diagnosed with chronic
prostatitis to describe the natural of disease and how to cope with this type of chronic disease;
design and hinting poster about coping strategy Intervention regarding prostatitis in Urology
outpatient clinic; and further researchers are needed in other setting and implement coping
strategy intervention for patients diagnosed with chronic prostatitis.

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