title: [Coping-activities of stroke patients: intensity and effectiveness].
abstract: This study longitudinally examines the intensive and effective ways of coping in a cohort of 63 stroke patients (aged 38 - 85 yrs.). The coping activities of the stroke patients are investigated with the "Freiburg Questionnaire of Coping with Illness (FQCI)". In the acute phase (t1), especially the compliance-focused coping strategies are very often used, whereas the problem-focused, self-constructive strategies leading to a quest for sense are only used quite often. Three months later (t2), compliance- and problem-focused coping strategies are employed with less intensity, the self-constructive ones, however, in a more intensive way. The strategies leading to a quest for sense are hardly employed in an intensive way any longer. A subjective estimation made by the examined stroke patients shows that the most effective coping strategies in the acute phase (t1) are problem- and compliance-focused. Self-constructive coping strategies come second and strategies with regard to a quest for sense only third in view of their effectiveness. Three months later (t2), the effective coping strategies are still problem-focused but only to a very small degree, while the effectiveness of compliance-focused strategies is lost completely. The self-constructive coping behaviour will now become the most effective one, a behaviour which proves to be even more inclined to a quest for sense than in the acute phase.
authors.affiliation: Neurologische Klinik mit Poliklinik der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Raimar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kremer
authors.forename: Kirsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Quednau
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020521:Stroke / Q000523:psychology*